Two plus two is not sometimes equal to four ... It is equal to four plus one because one is a powerful amalgamation. — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
“The simple act of moving your body will do more for your brain than any riddle, math equation, mystery book, or even… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Celestial mechanics is the origin of dynamical systems, linear algebra, topology, variational calculus and symplectic geometry. — Vladimir Arnold Copy Share Image
You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
Formality Thus the absence of all mention of particular things or properties in logic or pure mathematics is a necessary result of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Even athletic directors can do the simple math. Five conferences, five power conferences, and only four slots. — Oliver Luck Copy Share Image
It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know how to criticize is good, to know… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
“When I was in high school, my math teacher Mr. Packwood used to say, "If you're stuck on a problem, don't sit… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more… — Jordan Ellenberg Copy Share Image
How happy is the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When, therefore, I had long considered this uncertainty of traditional mathematics, it began to weary me that no more definite explanation of… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
But as the work proceeded I was continually reminded of the fable about the elephant and the tortoise. Having constructed an elephant… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There was a blithe certainty that came from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging tenuously to… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
“ Euclid 's Elements has been for nearly twenty-two centuries the encouragement and guide of that scientific thought which is one thing… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
Somebody came up to me after a talk I had given, and say, "You make mathematics seem like fun." I was inspired… — Ralph P. Boas, Jr Copy Share Image
“Odd,” agreed Reg. “I’ve certainly never come across any irreversible mathematics involving sofas. Could be a new field.” — Douglas Adams 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
Math is the only place where I hear someone doing ridiculous things. For Example John has 30 chocolate bar he eats 23,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The world looks like a multiplication-table, or a mathematical equation, which, turn it how you will, balances itself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I was just sitting on the train, just staring out the window at some cows. It was not the most inspiring subject.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Investigating the sum of reciprocal powers gives insights into the product of all the primes (in fraction form).” — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
“When a kid struggles at math, instead of saying, “Maybe math isn’t one of your strengths,” Dweck recommends, “The feeling of math… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Football is not played on paper, it is played on a pitch. This game is not mathematics and in football, two plus… — Leo Beenhakker Copy Share Image
I've been an entrepreneur, a writer, a food correspondent. I might have been an architect - but I'm bad at maths. — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
The only good thing about this math exam is that for each question I at least have a 25% chance of getting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An early fascination with higher mathematics at the university level blossomed into speculative thinking that could provide a basis for dealing with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We do not know how to formulate string theory nor do we know its underlying principles. Surprisingly, this fact does not stop… — Nathan Seiberg Copy Share Image
Mathematical high culture collides with pop culture and all hell breaks loose! Harris takes us on a wild ride--never a dull moment! — Gregory Chaitin Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the source of a wicked intellect that, while making man the lord of the earth, also makes him the slave… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
Practical application is found by not looking for it, and one can say that the whole progress of civilization rests on that… — Jacques Hadamard Copy Share Image
Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all. — John Milton Copy Share Image
The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of… — James Joseph Sylvester Copy Share Image
I think putting numbers together into a coherent framework always seemed to me to be what really matters. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
History was easy, but I don't know about the Calculus. It seemed like it was making sense, so that probably means I… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
In the early days, I often felt that I was taking a math test when we were playing. It was a profound… — Chris Stein Copy Share Image
Math is really about the human mind, about how people can think effectively, and why curiosity is quite a good guide. — William Thurston Copy Share Image
All things began in Order, so shall they end, and so shall they begin again, according to the Ordainer of Order, and… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
