...to characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of… — Carl Gustav Hempel Copy Share Image
I'm a good example of wanting to apologize only for my precise share of a problem--as I calculate it, of course--and I… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
“Yes, in Math City: 2 + 2 + him (her) = 5 not 4. And again yes: A stupid man + 5… — Ahmad Amani 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
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
So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because… — Danica McKellar 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
Well, I had a lot of help from my father with the soldering and so on, and he was very good at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image
When I was young I liked taking tests. I happened to be good at it. Certain subjects came easily, like math. All… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune; and there are probably more people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
I certainly do care about measuring educational results. But what is an 'educational result?' The twinkling eyes of my students, together with… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
“I will never listen to ocean waves or view a beautiful sunset in quite the same way again. That is perhaps the… — Jennifer Ouellette Copy Share Image
Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics - at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system.… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
But how is one to make a scientist understand that there is something unalterably deranged about differential calculus, quantum theory, or the… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“It'll turn out you mean love,' Sholto said. 'At the moment math is the only thing that excites you so you're nosing… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the thousands of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
When I got to college, I was intending to study film. But I found that my brain was feeling mushy, so I… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
You Can't Plan the Kind of Deep Love That Results in Children. Fatherhood Was Not a Conscious Decision. It Was Part of… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I actually don't believe that everybody should necessarily try to learn to code. I think it's reasonably specialized, and nobody really expects… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The math is dead simple: it seems that the frequency of planets able to support life is roughly one percent. In other… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“Lynn, she saved half our faction from this stuff," says Marlene, tapping the bandage on her arm from where the Dauntless traitors… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“These estimates may well be enhanced by one from F. Klein (1849-1925), the leading German mathematician of the last quarter of the… — Eric Temple Bell Copy Share Image
“The sciences are not sectarian. People do not persecute each other on account of disagreements in mathematics. Families are not divided about… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Today I said to the calculus students, "I know, you're looking at this series and you don't see what I'm warning you… — Alexandre Borovik Copy Share Image
In early life I had felt a strong desire to devote myself to the experimental study of nature; and, happening to see… — John William Draper Copy Share Image
Mathematics was born and nurtured in a cultural environment. Without the perspective which the cultural background affords, a proper appreciation of the… — Raymond Louis Wilder Copy Share Image
I still can't figure out what inspired me to do physics. But since I was nine or ten years old, I wanted… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The Mathematician's Shiva is a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history, and humor, not to mention a cast… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
Let's say intelligence is your ability to compose poetry, symphonies, do art, math and science. Chimps can't do any of that, yet… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Mathematics has two faces: it is the rigorous science of Euclid, but it is also something else. Mathematics presented in the Euclidean… — George Polya Copy Share Image
I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“. . . we come astonishingly close to the mystical beliefs of Pythagoras and his followers who attempted to submit all of… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
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Math is like water. It has a lot of difficult theories, of course, but its basic logic is very simple. Just as… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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