Bones Quote by Benoit Mandelbrot

Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas.

— Edward Kasner

What is mathematics? It is only a systematic effort of solving puzzles posed by nature.

— Shakuntala Devi

Mathematics is an experimental science, and definitions do not come first, but later on.

— Oliver Heaviside

“the process of learning a theory depends upon the study of applications, including practice problem-solving both with a pencil and paper and with instruments…

— Thomas S. Kuhn

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions

— Whitfield Diffie

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world. Math…

— Jordan Ellenberg

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

— Stanislaw Ulam

“Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding”

— Anonymous

All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is…

— Roger Bacon

Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are really the…

— Gian-Carlo Rota

I found maths very easy, but I still enjoyed discovering things. You have to have the necessary information. For example, what's the difference between…

— Daniel Tammet

Very often in mathematics the crucial problem is to recognize and discover what are the relevant concepts; once this is accomplished the job may…

— Israel Nathan Herstein