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> [During the past fifty years, more mathematics has been created than in all previous ages put together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/during-the-past-fifty-years-more-mathematics-has-been-created-than-in/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

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## More by Ian Stewart

> [“There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numerals, and those who don't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/there-are-10-kinds-of-people-in-the-world-those-who-understand-binary/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/if-our-brains-were-simple-enough-for-us-to-understand-them-we-d-be-so/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [Our teaching of mathematics revolves around a fundamental conflict. Rightly or wrongly, students are required to master a series of mathematical concepts and techniques,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/our-teaching-of-mathematics-revolves-around-a-fundamental-conflict/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [“Something that doesn't actually exist can still be useful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/something-that-doesn-t-actually-exist-can-still-be-useful/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [First is first, and second is nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/first-is-first-and-second-is-nowhere/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits just about every pattern that there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/mathematics-is-the-science-of-patterns-and-nature-exploits-just-about/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [Two centuries ago Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematicians and a founder of number theory, described his brainchild as "the queen of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/two-centuries-ago-carl-friedrich-gauss-one-of-the-greatest/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [“Only three constants are significant for star formation: the gravitational constant, the fine structure constant, and a constant that governs nuclear reaction rates.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/only-three-constants-are-significant-for-star-formation-the/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [Chaos is lawless behavior governed entirely by law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/chaos-is-lawless-behavior-governed-entirely-by-law/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/religion-hinges-upon-faith-politics-hinges-upon-who-can-tell-the-most/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [During the past fifty years, more mathematics has been created than in all previous ages put together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/during-the-past-fifty-years-more-mathematics-has-been-created-than-in/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over a period of time, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/the-flapping-of-a-single-butterfly-s-wing-today-produces-a-tiny/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [One of the biggest problems of mathematics is to explain to everyone else what it is all about. The technical trappings of the subject,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/one-of-the-biggest-problems-of-mathematics-is-to-explain-to-everyone/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [To criticize mathematics for its abstraction is to miss the point entirely. Abstraction is what makes mathematics work. If you concentrate too closely on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/to-criticize-mathematics-for-its-abstraction-is-to-miss-the-point/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

> [I don't want to convince you that mathematics is useful. It is, but utility is not the only criterion for value to humanity. Above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-stewart/i-don-t-want-to-convince-you-that-mathematics-is-useful-it-is-but/)

[Ian Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-stewart/)

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