Why should I refuse a good dinner simply because I don't understand the digestive processes involved? — Oliver Heaviside Copy Share Image
When I create I don't think in technical or mathematical terms until the idea is formulated Musical composition is formulated in improvisation.… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
Reverend Fathers, my letters did not usually follow each other at such close intervals, nor were they so long.... This one would… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an… — M. C. Escher Copy Share Image
We've taught you that the earth is round, That red and white make pink, And something else that matters more - We've… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
The space that we're looking through is nine-dimensional. If you build a mathematical model, the amount of searching that we've done in… — Jill Tarter Copy Share Image
Wave particle duality is a core feature of our world. Or rather, we should say, it is a core feature of our… — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
In symbols one observes an advantage in discovery which is greatest when they express the exact nature of a thing briefly and,… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the supreme judge; from its decisions there is no appeal. — Tobias Dantzig Copy Share Image
I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people. And combining the two is creating this beautiful alliance between humanity and nature.… — Agnes Denes Copy Share Image
The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses ... — Farkas Bolyai Copy Share Image
True technique will know how to maintain the illusion of liberty, choice, and individuality; but these will have been carefully calculated so… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
These algorithms, which I'll call public relevance algorithms, are-by the very same mathematical procedures-producing and certifying knowledge. The algorithmic assessment of information,… — Tarleton Gillespie Copy Share Image
The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of… — Paul Carus Copy Share Image
It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The big mathematical challenge for flying robots is making them move in six dimensions: x, y, z, pitch, yaw and roll. We… — Vijay Kumar Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of "model," is that the… — John L. Casti Copy Share Image
Geometry is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon the ground… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image