Bertrand Russell Image source: Bertrand Russell Gallery, McMaster University Bertrand Russell was a British mathematician and philosopher who wrote many books including Principia Mathematica. Quotes by Bertrand Russell in Time OneThere is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our imagination. More about Bertrand Russell Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Joanna Russ Ernest Rutherford