We could present spatially an atomic fact which contradicted the laws of physics, but not one which contradicted the laws of geometry. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“...the world injected its patterns into human language at the very inception of that language; mathematics sleeps in every utterance, and can… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know. — John Deacon Copy Share Image
...the feeling of mathematical beauty, of the harmony of numbers and of forms, of geometric elegance. It is a genuinely aesthetic feeling,… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
“As the world continually multiplies, are we in a generation where people are divided, or people are equal?” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I want my girls to love math. I want them to think that being a scientist is the coolest possible job on… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched with the same madness and genius. — Marston Morse Copy Share Image
The prime ideal is a princess of the world of ideals. Her father is the prince 'Point' in the world of geometry.… — Kato Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm playing some giant video game, or trying to solve a really complicated math equation. 'One girl is trying… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
For what is important when we give children a theorem to use is not that they should memorize it. What matters most… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is based on the idea of approximation. If a man tells you he… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. I think figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English… — Herschel Walker Copy Share Image
Mom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!" "Nah," Martin said. "She was just being that… — Clare B. Dunkle Copy Share Image
People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
In modern times the belief that the ultimate explanation of all things was to be found in Newtonian mechanics was an adumbration… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Monty Jones: Dad, is there a word to describe answers that are completely correct but entirely useless under the circumstances? Professor Jones:… — David Morgan-Mar Copy Share Image
My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
“In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fraulein Noether was the most significant mathematical genius thus far produced since the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
I had accepted a job being a math teacher for Teach For America. So, that's what I would have done at least… — Chris Baio Copy Share Image
Iraq was home of the Abbasid Caliphate, a golden age when the Muslim world was at the forefront of math, science and… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
It is not the job of mathematicians... to do correct arithmetical operations. It is the job of bank accountants. — Samuil Shatunovsky Copy Share Image
I take great solace that Einstein failed math. I failed math. I also failed English and home economics. Einstein was an underachiever. — Danny Bonaduce Copy Share Image
There is number of different efforts around the country are to try to redesign the math pathway and the courses that students… — Anya Kamenetz Copy Share Image
If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it. — George Polya Copy Share Image
The investigation of mathematical truths accustoms the mind to method and correctness in reasoning, and is an employment peculiarly worthy of rational… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There can be no question, however, that prolonged commitment to mathematical exercises in economics can be damaging. It leads to the atrophy… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I was the kind of kid who liked omnivorously almost all kinds of science - rock collections, fossils - and I like… — Sandra Faber Copy Share Image
Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
I started out as a molecules kid. In high school and early college I loved chemistry, but I gradually shifted toward physics,… — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
I recall once saying that when I had given the same lecture several times I couldn't help feeling that they really ought… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
I thought about majoring in Math, Chemistry and English, but Math had the fewest requirements, so I went with it. I knew… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math. — Phil Foglio Copy Share Image
I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The U.S. ranks 25th in math and 21st in science. We are woefully behind. The only way to change this situation is… — Klaus Kleinfeld Copy Share Image
I couldn't picture myself with a boyfriend, but if I had to, I envisioned a nice normal guy who turned in his… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
We met [with Massimo Pupillo] many years ago in the halcyon days of the underground avant-prog math-rock scene when I was playing… — Daniel O'Sullivan Copy Share Image