Henry Gordon Rice (born 1920) is a logician and mathematician best known as the author of Rice's theorem, which he proved in his doctoral dissertation of 1951 at Syracuse University. He was also a Professor of Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire. After 1960 he was employed by Computer Sciences Corporation in El Segundo.
Famous quotes containing the words henry, gordon and/or rice:
“Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“Nothing can confound
A wise man more than laughter from a dunce.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“... there has been a very special man in my life for the past year. All I’ll say about him is that he’s kind, warm, mature, someone I can trust—and he’s not a politician.”
—Donna Rice (b. c. 1962)