Magnitudes are algebraically represented by letter, men by men of letters, and so on. — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ... — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
“Simple people always use common sense. Crazy people always use specialized knowledge.” — Joey Lawsin Copy Share Image
I just learned this sub-teaching. . . Teacher (math problem): If you had five apples on your desk and the boy next… — Rick Sutter Copy Share Image
Mathematics is good for the soul, getting things right enlivens a sense of truth, efforts to understand automatically purify desires. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
In the history of the concept of number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and… — Barry Mazur Copy Share Image
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra. — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
I believe that great success is possible in any field — from music to mathematics to macro trading. — Paul Tudor Jones Copy Share Image
In addition, the teaching of theories from axioms, or some close imitation of them such as the basic laws of an algebra,… — Ivor Grattan-Guinness Copy Share Image
Among mathematicians in general, three main categories may be distinguished; and perhaps the names logicians, formalists, and intuitionists may serve to characterize… — Felix Klein Copy Share Image
Primes are the important main ingredient of numbers, for every number is either a prime or a product of primes. — Shakuntala Devi Copy Share Image
“The primary math of the real world is one and one equals two. The layman (as, often, do I) swings that every… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“You know what happens when you give a kid a calculator instead of teaching him math?" "I think you need my help."… — Carolyn Crane Copy Share Image
It turns out that hyperbolic structures are very common in nature, and the place where lots of people encounter them is coral… — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
“Nanny Piggins lost the Vegetable Peeling, Gutter Cleaning, and Long Division Explaining tests as well. She got caught telling Michael, 'Don't bother… — R. A. Spratt Copy Share Image
As the sun eclipses the stars by its brilliancy, so the man of knowledge will eclipse the fame of others in assemblies… — Brahmagupta Copy Share Image
“I abandoned the assigned problems in standard calculus textbooks and followed my curiosity. Wherever I happened to be--a Vegas casino, Disneyland, surfing… — Jennifer Ouellette Copy Share Image
The toughest thing for a homeschooler is the same as for a school teacher - shifting from a weak tea vision of… — John Golden Copy Share Image
I am intentionally avoiding the standard term which, by the way, did not exist in Euler's time. One of the ugliest outgrowths… — George Polya Copy Share Image
The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
I've never been a numbers guy. Numbers don't excite me. Winning games excites me. — Adam Thielen Copy Share Image
The scientist keeps the romantic honest, and the romantic keeps the scientist human. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Why add prime numbers? Prime numbers are made to be multiplied, not added. — Lev Landau Copy Share Image
The linear-programming was - and is - perhaps the single most important real-life problem. — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
“Safety warning: never divide by zero unless a licensed mathematician is present.” — Jordan Ellenberg Copy Share Image
A great deal of my work is just playing with equations and seeing what they give. — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
