--- title: "5 Mathematics Natural Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Mathematics Natural quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Mathematics Natural sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/eugene-wigner-26287_certainty_the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-i_145499.jpg" --- > [The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-wigner/the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-in-the-natural-sciences-is/) [Eugene Wigner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-wigner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/eugene-wigner-26287_certainty_the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-i_145499.jpg) > [“Non-Euclidean' became a byword for non-absolute knowledge. It also served to illustrate most vividly the gap between mathematics and the natural world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/non-euclidean-became-a-byword-for-non-absolute-knowledge-it-also/) [John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/john-d-barrow-4552_mathematics_non-euclidean-became-a-byword-for-non-ab_585423.png) > [I started off thinking that maybe the social sciences ought to have the kinds of mathematics that the natural sciences had. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-a-simon/i-started-off-thinking-that-maybe-the-social-sciences-ought-to-have/) [Herbert A. Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-a-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/herbert-a-simon-23072_economics_i-started-off-thinking-that-maybe-the-so_1626951.jpg) > [Mathematics without natural history is sterile, but natural history without mathematics is muddled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-smith/mathematics-without-natural-history-is-sterile-but-natural-history/) [John Maynard Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/john-maynard-smith-28856_evolution_mathematics-without-natural-history-is-s_2138037.png) > [“We honorspren mimic Honor himself. You Cryptics mimic … weird stuff?” “The fundamental underlying mathematics by which natural phenomena occur. Mmm. Truths that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/we-honorspren-mimic-honor-himself-you-cryptics-mimic-weird-stuff-the/) [Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/brandon-sanderson-112_mathematics_we-honorspren-mimic-honor-himself-you-cr_3100868.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mathematics-natural/#itemlist", "name": "Mathematics Natural Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eugene Wigner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-wigner/the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-in-the-natural-sciences-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/eugene-wigner-26287_certainty_the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-i_145499.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/eugene-wigner-26287_certainty_the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-i_145499.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/eugene-wigner-26287_certainty_the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-i_145499.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and…” — Eugene Wigner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Non-Euclidean' became a byword for non-absolute knowledge. 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