A proof only becomes a proof after the social act of "accepting it as a proof". — IU?. I. Manin Copy Share Image
“It’s a number.” “It’s not,” she said. “It’s a chance to wake up new.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Mathematics is only the art of saying the same thing in different words. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Math is really about the human mind, about how people can think effectively, and why curiosity is quite a good guide. — William Thurston Copy Share Image
All things began in Order, so shall they end, and so shall they begin again, according to the Ordainer of Order, and… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It is well known that the central problem of the whole of modern mathematics is the study of transcendental functions defined by… — Felix Klein Copy Share Image
But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true that pure thought can grasp reality, as… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not exactly a maths genius - I'm really good at maths, maths was my favorite subject in school, but I wasn't… — Matt Dallas Copy Share Image
I love music. I do play. It's like mathematics, and it's also emotional. It's nice to play, for no other reason than… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
“Therefor I doubt not but, if it had been a thing contrary to any man’s right of dominion, or to the interest… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“The language of categories is affectionately known as "abstract nonsense," so named by Norman Steenrod. This term is essentially accurate and not… — Paolo Aluffi Copy Share Image
Mathematicians can and do fill in gaps, correct errors, and supply more detail and more careful scholarship when they are called on… — William Thurston Copy Share Image
A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Of the properties of mathematics, as a language, the most peculiar one is that by playing formal games with an input mathematical… — IU?. I. Manin Copy Share Image
It is impossible to discuss realism in logic without drawing in the empirical sciences... A truly realistic mathematics should be conceived, in… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
I was interviewed on the Israeli radio for five minutes and I said that more than 2000 years ago, Euclid proved that… — Noga Alon Copy Share Image
Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to the aliens, and Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren has developed an entire language (Lincos)… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
