We often say that the earth is a sphere, but to be precise, the term sphere refers only to the surface. The… — Leonard Susskind Copy Share Image
A mind is accustomed to mathematical deduction, when confronted with the faulty foundations of astrology, resists a long, long time, like an… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
I think that if your tenure case depends on your proving what you thought was a mathematical theorem and the proposed theorem… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the… — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
I had a feeling once about mathematics - that I saw it all... but it was after dinner and I let it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
...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 know, indeed, and can conceive of no pursuit so antagonistic to the cultivation of the oratorical faculty ... as the study… — James Joseph Sylvester Copy Share Image
In studying the action of the Analytical Engine, we find that the peculiar and independent nature of the considerations which in all… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You almost can't avoid having some version of the multiverse in your studies if you push deeply enough in the mathematical descriptions… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has as yet been sung. The ancients had… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It were much to be desired, that when mathematical processes pass through the human brain instead of through the medium of inanimate… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
To criticize mathematics for its abstraction is to miss the point entirely. Abstraction is what makes mathematics work. If you concentrate too… — Ian Stewart Copy Share Image
If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The Mandelbrot set is the most complex mathematical object known to mankind. — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
Some people are better at maths than others: no one thinks you can be 'taught' to be a mathematical genius. And no… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
"Nought usually comes at the beginning," Ralph said. "Not necessarily," said Sibyl. "It might come anywhere. Nought isn't a number at all.… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
