“In Euclid's Elements we meet the concept which later plays a significant role in the development of science. The concept is called… — Alexey Stakhov Copy Share Image
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method-more daring than anything… — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
“It is well known that geometry presupposes not only the concept of space but also the first fundamental notions for constructions in… — Bernhard Riemann Copy Share Image
The geometry reveals five development direction for applications (each with endless possibilities); dividing, dwelling, trestle, fenestration and artistic installation. I find these… — Dror Benshetrit Copy Share Image
I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure. The tedium was relieved by a few… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
“On the front flap, the reader was informed that the Testamento geometrico was really three books, 'each independent, but functionally correlated by… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one's mind right. All of its proofs are very clear and orderly. It is hardly possible… — Ibn Khaldun Copy Share Image
I presume that to the uninitiated the formulae will appear cold and cheerless; but let it be remembered that, like other mathematical… — Benjamin Peirce Copy Share Image
Challenger was lost because NASA came to believe its own propaganda. The agency's deeply impacted cultural hubris had it that technology-engineering-would always… — William E. Burrows Copy Share Image
'Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth. Those… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It is to geometry that we owe in some sort the source of this discovery [of beryllium]; it is that [science] that… — Antoine-François De Fourcroy Copy Share Image
I love making object form; I wish I was doing more of it. I admire the research of my colleagues, and sometimes… — Keller Easterling Copy Share Image
“Before Einstein, geometry was thought to be part of the laws. Einstein revealed that the geometry of space is evolving in time,… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
This king [Sesostris] divided the land among all Egyptians so as to give each one a quadrangle of equal size and to… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Either one or the other [analysis or synthesis] may be direct or indirect. The direct procedure is when the point of departure… — Andre-Marie Ampere Copy Share Image
Since you are now studying geometry and trigonometry, I will give you a problem. A ship sails the ocean. It left Boston… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I believe that all centers that appear in space - whether they originate in biology, in physical forces, in pure geometry, in… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Some of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages, from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece, through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo… — Mario Livio Copy Share Image
In fact, Gentlemen, no geometry without arithmetic, no mechanics without geometry... you cannot count upon success, if your mind is not sufficiently… — Jean-Victor Poncelet Copy Share Image
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
The lock-step approach of algebra, geometry, and then more algebra (but rarely any statistics) is still dominant in U. S. schools, but… — Lynn Steen Copy Share Image
The universe does not exist 'out there,' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be… — John P. Wheeler III Copy Share Image
![“It is to geometry that we owe in some sort the source of this discovery [of beryllium]; it is that [science] that furnished the first idea of it, and we may say that without it the knowledge of this new earth would not have been acquired for a long time, since according to the analysis of the…” quote by Antoine-François De Fourcroy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2a2/antoine-fran-ois-de-fourcroy-9_almost-perfect_it-is-to-geometry-that-we-owe-in-some-so_1509391.jpg)
![“This king [Sesostris] divided the land among all Egyptians so as to give each one a quadrangle of equal size and to draw from each his revenues, by imposing a tax to be levied yearly. But everyone from whose part the river tore anything away, had to go to him to notify what had happened; he then…” quote by Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fbb/herodotus-2844_divided_this-king-sesostris-divided-the-land-amo_1929309.jpg)
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