There is something inhuman and vaguely pornographic about statistics... Pornography, on the other hand, with its loosely bound sequences of storyless sexual… — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him [her husband, George Boole]; and even logic he cared for chiefly… — Mary Everest Boole 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
I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in… — Shakuntala Devi Copy Share Image
Geometry - Types of lines, parallel, perpendicular, perpendicular intersecting, and non-perpendicular intersecting. — Grass Hopper Copy Share Image
Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions. — Felix Klein Copy Share Image
“The first part, or the Æsthetics, which has nothing in common with art, disengages the a priori forms of sensible knowledge, namely,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
B+ ¦ Not my blood group neither my grade in maths ¦ Its my favourite quote. BE POSITIVE — DEV Copy Share Image
Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
So-called "natural language" is wonderful for the purposes it was created for, such as to be rude in, to tell jokes in,… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
My dad, a mathematician, raised me to believe that mathematics is beautiful, so math is a part of my imaginative terrain. In… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who… — George Polya Copy Share Image
“I liked maths because it meant solving problems, and these problems were difficult and interesting but there was always a straightforward answer… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“Math, like meditation, puts you in direct contact with the universe, which is bigger than you, was here before you, and will… — Jordan Ellenberg Copy Share Image
Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs. — Felix Klein Copy Share Image
“Put broadly, the object of study in mathematics is truth; the object of study in computer science is complexity.” — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
In other words these children, by avoiding the early drill on combinations, tables, and that sort of thing, had been able, in… — Louis P. Benezet Copy Share Image
Being bad at maths shouldn't be something to brag about, and I'm glad people are waking up to this, but there's no… — Rachel Riley Copy Share Image
I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
I think it is a peculiarity of myself that I like to play about with equations, just looking for beautiful mathematical relations… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
“Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all… — Farkas Bolyai Copy Share Image
I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Numbers, time, inches, feet. All are just ploys for cutting nature down to size. — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand.” — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
Who has not been amazed to learn that the function y = ex, like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, is… — Francois Le Lionnais Copy Share Image
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