I remember having this vague idea that what mathematicians did was that some authority, someone, gave them problems to solve, and they just sort of solved them. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
I still remember the realization in college at Flinders University in Australia that mathematics was not just an abstract game of symbols but could be used as a tool to analyze and understand the modern world. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
It is very humbling to receive the Fields Medal. The words of a Fields Medallist carry a lot of weight within mathematics - for… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Can you make fancy patterns of water that actually have some computation power? I'm betting that fluids are complex enough to do this. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Ultimately you should follow advice not because someone tells you to, but because it was something that you already knew you should be doing. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
My life is more than just my work. I am a husband and a father and a proud citizen of two countries: my homeland… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
If there is something that I should know how to do but don't, it bugs me. I feel like I have to sit down… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Talent is important, but how one develops and nurtures it is even more so. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
One can think of any given axiom system as being like a computer with a certain limited amount of memory or processing power. One… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
