I knew how many zeroes there were in a quintillion, but I thought that algebra lived in ponds. — Gavin Extence Copy Share Image
I always smile when I hear that women cannot excel in mathematics. — Evelyn Boyd Granville Copy Share Image
Madonna's always going to be number one, but I'm definitely a Britney fan. — Guillermo Diaz Copy Share Image
“System 1 represents sets by averages, norms, and prototypes, not by sums. Each” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea. — N. R. Narayana Murthy Copy Share Image
“Another book gives the illusion of scientific precision by working out this reasoning in a mathematical formula using a “Mental Performance Ratio… — Kenneth L. Higbee Copy Share Image
The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of… — Eugene Wigner Copy Share Image
Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Very often in mathematics the crucial problem is to recognize and discover what are the relevant concepts; once this is accomplished the… — Israel Nathan Herstein Copy Share Image
The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
No Victor, you got it backwards, you should evaluate these integrals non-rigorously if you can, and rigorously if you must. — Doron Zeilberger Copy Share Image
With randomness it is very unlikely to be embarrassed, but even if you get embarrassed, you can't replicate it. — Carl Pomerance Copy Share Image
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty— a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The idea of an isolated American painting , so popular in this country during the thirties, seems absurd to me, just as… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
“In One Dimensions, did not a moving Point produce a Line with two terminal points? In two Dimensions, did not a moving… — Edwin A. Abbott Copy Share Image
“No very good sense can be given to the idea that the elements of Euclidean geometry may be found in nature because… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
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
The confusion, the difficulties, the contradictions which, in consequence of a want of accurate distinctions in this particular, have up to even… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
Sin 2 φ is odious to me, even though Laplace made use of it; should it be feared that sin 2 φ… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Just because there is strength in numbers doesn't mean that the majority is always right. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood. — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.” — Núria Añó Copy Share Image
I get annoyed when I solve a hard math problem to find out later that answer is 0. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most powerful single idea in mathematics is the notion of a variable. — Alexander Dewdney Copy Share Image
The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
