The worlds of maths and science have a long history of naming important objects after people. — Simon Singh Copy Share Image
You have to spend some energy and effort to see the beauty of math. — Maryam Mirzakhani Copy Share Image
It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul. — Sofia Kovalevskaya Copy Share Image
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
“The zeta function is the sum of an infinite sequence of inverse powers.” — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad. — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it's a very competitive field, almost as bad as being… — Gian-Carlo Rota Copy Share Image
[On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity. — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
People seem to be afraid of science, and certainly, people seem to be afraid of mathematics. And I think that's such a… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
Dear Math, I am sick and tired of finding your X. Just accept the fact that she is gone. MOVE ON DUDE. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Numbers have no hidden meanings, you say. But it is the hidden meanings in words that make them so wonderful.” — Simon Mawer Copy Share Image
Nature gives us all, including Prof. Lorentz, surprises. It was very quickly found that there are many exceptions to the rule of… — Pieter Zeeman Copy Share Image
Sometimes a good idea comes to you when you are not looking for it. Through an improbable combination of coincidence, naivete and… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
“Mathematically, the purpose of life is to produce a result. In human terms, it is called Happiness.” — Joey Lawsin Copy Share Image
At the other end of the spectrum is, for example, graph theory, where the basic object, a graph, can be immediately comprehended.… — Timothy Gowers Copy Share Image
“Leibniz's development of the symbols and theory behind calculus, which allows for the precise study and modeling of change, gave mathematicians a… — Christopher Steiner Copy Share Image
The product of mathematics is clarity and understanding. Not theorems, by themselves. ... In short, mathematics only exists in a living community… — William Thurston Copy Share Image
The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In the Middle Age, in Germany, if you wanted to learn addition and multiplication, you could go to any university. But if… — Israel Gelfand Copy Share Image
“The fact that trig functions cyclically output the same numbers as ever larger angles are plugged into them, by the way, explains… — David Stipp 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
“Despite their ubiquity on the number line, transcendentals are surprisingly hard to pin down. It took until 1873 to prove that e… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
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