Abstract

For a solid case in the much neglected area of study, morals of knowledge in concrete, mathematicians are asked to face squarely the well-known fact since archimedes: the status of mathematics as a handmaid of military science, as is exemplified best today by computer scientists . also at issue here is the question: is the science less guilty of war crime if employed against the humanity in entirety than when abused against one particular race or nation? "l'art pour l'art" must be reexamined!