That's all well and good in practice, but how does it work in theory? — Shmuel Weinberger Copy Share Image
The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would. — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
Mathematics brought rigor to Economics. Unfortunately, it also brought mortis. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error. — Tyler Winklevoss Copy Share Image
Math teacher: I have 5 bottles in one hand, and 6 in the other. What do I have? Student: A drinking problem. — Babloo Copy Share Image
“The person who wishes to attain human perfection should study logic first, next mathematics, then physics, and, lastly, metaphysics.” — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“War is the supreme mathematics problem. It strains our skulls, yet we work out the sums, believing we have pressed the most… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
ALGEBRA is a general Method of Computation by certain Signs and Symbols which have been contrived for this Purpose, and found convenient. — Colin Maclaurin Copy Share Image
2+2=5 wasn't intentional. I thought you carry a 1 every time there are two 2's in an equation. I'm not stupid, the… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
“Okay, so I may use basic math for doing my checking account, the percent-off sales on my favorite shoes, and other mundane… — Amanda Jason Copy Share Image
Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
What humans do with the language of mathematics is to describe patterns... To grow mathematically children must be exposed to a rich… — Lynn Steen Copy Share Image
Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part… — James Key Copy Share Image
Like a stool which needs three legs to be stable, mathematics education needs three components: good problems, with many of them being… — Richard Askey Copy Share Image
Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the… — Frederick Soddy Copy Share Image
Like mathematics and music and cosmology and philosophy, poetry, too, can "infinitize" us, granting us what immortality there is to be had… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
The desire to explore thus marks out the mathematician. This is one of the forces making for the growth of mathematics. The… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image
The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
It is a matter for considerable regret that Fermat, who cultivated the theory of numbers with so much success, did not leave… — Adrien-Marie Legendre Copy Share Image
