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title: "8 Mathematics Physics Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [In mathematics, as in physics, so much depends on chance, on a propitious moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/in-mathematics-as-in-physics-so-much-depends-on-chance-on-a/)

[Stanislaw Ulam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-ulam/)

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> [I didn't know what kinds of questions to ask in mathematics. In physics, I could see there were things that were known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-geller/i-didn-t-know-what-kinds-of-questions-to-ask-in-mathematics-in/)

[Margaret Geller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-geller/)

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> [But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smolin/but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectiveness-of-mathematics-in-physics-i/)

[Lee Smolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smolin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/lee-smolin-4171_effectiveness_but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectivenes_870772.png)

> [It seems that every practitioner of physics has had to wonder at some point why mathematics and physics have come to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etienne-klein/it-seems-that-every-practitioner-of-physics-has-had-to-wonder-at-some/)

[Etienne Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etienne-klein/)

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> [The only reason psychology students don't have to do more and harder mathematics than physics students is because the mathematicians haven't yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-g-kemeny/the-only-reason-psychology-students-don-t-have-to-do-more-and-harder/)

[John G. Kemeny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-g-kemeny/)

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> [Compare mathematics and the political sciences - it's quite striking. In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/compare-mathematics-and-the-political-sciences-it-s-quite-striking-in/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-abstract-analysis-of-the-world-by-mathematics-and-physics-rests/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

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> [Mathematics is a part of physics. Physics is an experimental science, a part of natural science. Mathematics is the part of physics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-arnold/mathematics-is-a-part-of-physics-physics-is-an-experimental-science-a/)

[Vladimir Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-arnold/)

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