Edward Frenkel

“In fact, it is virtually impossible for students to do their own research without someone guiding their work. Having an advisor is…

— Edward Frenkel

Where there is no math, there is no freedom.

— Edward Frenkel

It was as though applied mathematics was my spouse, and pure mathematics was my secret lover.

— Edward Frenkel

People tend to think that mathematicians always work in sterile conditions, sitting around and staring at the screen of a computer, or…

— Edward Frenkel

“had been deeply struck.... by the damage wreaked upon mathematics in France by the first world war, when “a misguided notion of…

— Edward Frenkel

“It turned out that Evgeny Evgenievich indeed had a clever plan how to convert me to math. As soon as I came…

— Edward Frenkel

Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.

— Edward Frenkel

Michael Harris opens the doors and gently guides you into a magic world. Once inside, you can't help but feel mesmerized, eager…

— Edward Frenkel

What if at school you had to take an 'art class' in which you were only taught how to paint a fence?…

— Edward Frenkel

The interaction between math and physics is a two-way process, with each of the two subjects drawing from and inspiring the other.…

— Edward Frenkel

Mathematics directs the flow of the universe, lurks behind its shapes and curves, holds the reins of everything from tiny atoms to…

— Edward Frenkel