The shortest path between two truths in the real domain passes through the complex domain. — Jacques Hadamard Copy Share Image
Mathematics is less related to accounting than it is to philosophy. — Leonard Adleman Copy Share Image
“Objects in mathematics are named after the first person after Euler to discover them.” — Oft-Repeated Quip Copy Share Image
I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit. — James Van Der Beek Copy Share Image
I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magick of numbers. — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
Pascal Wager invented the calculator and he also said you can apply mathematics to faith in God so I thought that was… — Crystal Renn Copy Share Image
“Monty Jones: Dad, is there a word to describe answers that are completely correct but entirely useless under the circumstances? Professor Jones:… — David Morgan-Mar Copy Share Image
To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions. — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems… — Jimmy Chin Copy Share Image
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
Life Is Like Mathematics. It's so complicated. But, all you have to do is,,, You just, [+] Add Friends, [-] Subtract Enemies,… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
A reciprocal of a fraction is found by flipping it upside down. If you want the reciprocal of a mixed number or… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
Critics of 'economic sciences' sometimes refer to the development of a 'pseudoscience' of economics, arguing that it uses the trappings of science,… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
I chose to be a maths teacher because I thought the marking would be easy. You'd just tick and cross, whereas if… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
It is the facts that matter, not the proofs. Physics can progress without the proofs, but we can't go on without the… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
...the mathematician uses an indirect definition of congruence, making use of the fact that the axiom of parallels together with an additional… — Hans Reichenbach Copy Share Image
People think they don’t understand math, but it’s all about how you explain it to them. If you ask a drunkard what… — Israel Gelfand Copy Share Image
... we should not be disappointed that everyday language does not work any longer at the apex of our little theory. It… — Alexandre Borovik Copy Share Image
“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. —Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction… — Robert Wachter Copy Share Image
When I was in Cambridge reading mathematics, I went to Amsterdam for the International Mathematics Congress. There I saw M.C. Escher's fascinating… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
“Always preoccupied with his profound researches, the great Newton showed in the ordinary-affairs of life an absence of mind which has become… — Camille Flammarion Copy Share Image