Geometry, which should only obey Physics, when united with it sometimes commands it. If it happens that the question which we wish… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
. . . by natural selection our mind has adapted itself to the conditions of the external world. It has adopted the… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Regular geometry, the geometry of Euclid, is concerned with shapes which are smooth, except perhaps for corners and lines, special lines which… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
No one fully understands spinors. Their algebra is formally understood but their general significance is mysterious. In some sense they describe the… — Michael Atiyah Copy Share Image
Cryptography has generated number theory, algebraic geometry over finite fields, algebra, combinatorics and computers. — Vladimir Arnold Copy Share Image
“This relationship, often called the Golden mean, has been discovered and rediscovered at various times in history as a unique proportion believed… — John Pile Copy Share Image
Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. — Plato Copy Share Image
I have an infamously low capacity for visualizing relationships, which made the study of geometry and all subjects derived from it impossible… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
In order to give meaning to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what he frames. This attitude requires concentration,… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs. — Ron Eglash 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
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
A musical audience is at best uninspiring, at worst definitely drab. ... Respectability hangs like a pall over the orchestra and the… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed… — Edward Gibbon 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
Common to the two geometries is only the general property of one-to-one correspondence, and the rule that this correspondence determines straight lines… — Hans Reichenbach Copy Share Image
