Recreational number theory [...] is that part of number theory that is too difficult to study. — Hendrik Lenstra Copy Share Image
Therefore, O students, study mathematics and do not build without foundations. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The first test of potential in mathematics is whether you can get anything out of geometry. — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
... preliminary accounting, banking and surveying (known as arithmetic, algebra and geometry). — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Who thinks all Science, as all Virtue, vain; Who counts Geometry and numbers Toys... — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A Miscellany is a collection without a natual ordering relation. — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Topology is precisely the mathematical discipline that allows the passage from local to global... — Rene Thom Copy Share Image
If we wish to foresee the future of mathematics, our proper course is to study the history and present condition of the… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
The mathematics are the friends of religion, inasmuch as they charm the passions, restrain the impetuosity of the imagination, and purge the… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I could never have gone far in any science because on the path of every science the lion Mathematics lies in wait… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life.” — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Numerical logistic is that which employs numbers; symbolic logistic that which uses symbols, as, say, the letters of the alphabet. — Francois Viete Copy Share Image
“I had better say something here about this question of age, since it is particularly important for mathematicians. No mathematician should ever… — G.H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Most people...are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can't handle it. What we should be teaching is operational… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
But we must not underestimate the potency of the mathematical process of abstraction. A surprising variety of things happen to have both… — Banesh Hoffmann Copy Share Image
In the mathematics I can report no deficience, except that it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
In the "commentatio" (note presented to the Russian Academy) in which his theorem on polyhedra (on the number of faces, edges and… — George Polya Copy Share Image
Some advice: keep the flame of curiosity and wonderment alive, even when studying for boring exams. That is the well from which… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Numbers, furthermore as archetypal structural constants of the collective unconscious, possess a dynamic, active aspect which is especially important to keep in… — Marie-Louise von Franz Copy Share Image
Newton's theory is not 'not right', it just does not cover all distances. Contrary to popular belief, theories in science are not… — Nathan Seiberg Copy Share Image
The only reason that we like complex numbers is that we don't like real numbers. — Bernd Sturmfels Copy Share Image
Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Only Smart People Will Get This: 2+2= Fish 3+3= Eight 7+7= Triangle 4+4= Arrow 8+8= ?? :D — Imynatot Copy Share Image
“I’d hate to do arithmetic, George thought to himself, in a system based on fourteen.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Formal mathematics is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your mathematics is.” — Leslie Lamport Copy Share Image
In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy. — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
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