Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
“Not only can I teach you math, I can teach you math in bed, Jordan. You know, I'll add the bed, you… — miranda kenneally Copy Share Image
The only bit of logic-based public bathroom humor I know is: the difference between men and women is that between the statement… — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
“When reading math, it is important to know where in math you are—what region of this vast subject you are exploring.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I loved numbers from a very young age. I feel like my mom led me there because, instead of giving me Game… — Catriona Gray Copy Share Image
The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift… — Eugene Wigner Copy Share Image
There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
There is something breathtaking about the basic laws of crystals. They are in no sense a discovery of the human mind; they… — M. C. Escher Copy Share Image
Compare mathematics and the political sciences - it's quite striking. In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Take a look at the following list of numbers: 4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 7, 6. Read them out loud. Now look… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school,… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
If present trends continue, our country may soon find itself far behind many other nations in both science and technology nations where,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun,… — Ronald Graham Copy Share Image
The construction itself is an art, its application to the world an evil parasite. — L. E. J. Brouwer Copy Share Image
“Teachers of subjects that this person wasn't even good at are kissing this person and renouncing the very subjects they taught. Math… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
“...The pages and pages of complex, impenetrable calculations might have contained the secrets of the universe, copied out of God's notebook. In… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
