“4.23..If 'thought' means: instance of the subject in a truth-procedure, then there is no thought of this thought, because it contains no… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
The simple equations that generate the convoluted Mandelbrot fractal have been called the wittiest remarks ever made. — John Allen Paulos 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 lock-step approach of algebra, geometry, and then more algebra (but rarely any statistics) is still dominant in U. S. schools, but… — Lynn Steen Copy Share Image
Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
If a picture is worth a thousand words and words are a dime a dozen someone capable of even the most rudimentary… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was definitely one of those girls where my father would sit me at the dinner table and say, 'What's two plus… — Reshma Saujani Copy Share Image
Everyone now agrees that a physics lacking all connection with mathematics ... would only be an historical amusement, fitter for entertaining the… — Franz Karl Achard Copy Share Image
Mathematics is being lazy. Mathematics is letting the principles do the work for you so that you do not have to do… — George Polya Copy Share Image
The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Simple people always use common sense. Crazy people always use specialized knowledge.” — Joey Lawsin Copy Share Image
I have been running maths clubs for children completely free. In my building in Bangalore, I conduct maths clubs for several months,… — Shakuntala Devi Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
I know we can all remember the days of sitting in algebra class asking ourselves, 'why will I need algebra or chemistry… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
Of course it was always a friendly debate though sometimes I got too loud. — Lawrence Shepp Copy Share Image
The proof of Fermat's Last Theorem underscores how stable mathematics is through the centuries - how mathematics is one of humanity's long… — Barry Mazur Copy Share Image
The rules of logic are to mathematics what those of structure are to architecture. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. The rules which we make up at the beginning… — Edward Charles Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
