Most students who take math classes aren't going to be mathematicians. They're going to be engineers, statisticians - in many ways, that's the more important mission of math education. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Math education has changed over the years. In the 19th century, they taught spherical trigonometry because one of the biggest applications of mathematics was navigating the ocean. This is no longer so relevant. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
It is very humbling to receive the Fields Medal. The words of a Fields Medallist carry a lot of weight within mathematics - for… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Can you make fancy patterns of water that actually have some computation power? I'm betting that fluids are complex enough to do this. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Ultimately you should follow advice not because someone tells you to, but because it was something that you already knew you should be doing. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
My life is more than just my work. I am a husband and a father and a proud citizen of two countries: my homeland… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
If there is something that I should know how to do but don't, it bugs me. I feel like I have to sit down… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Talent is important, but how one develops and nurtures it is even more so. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
One can think of any given axiom system as being like a computer with a certain limited amount of memory or processing power. One… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
When I was seven or eight, whenever I was getting too rowdy at night, my parents would give me a maths workbook to work… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
It was traditional to not actually cash the prizes that Erdos did award while he was alive. People usually framed the cheque instead. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
