Computer science Quote by Brian Christian

“The truth is that computer science is not really about the computer. It is just a tool to help you see ideas more clearly.”

— Carlos Bueno

“Mathematics is the study of anything that obeys the rules of logic, using the rules of logic.”

— Eugenia Cheng

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

— Anonymous

“Mathematics should be studied if only for that it puts the mind in order.”

— Mikhail Lomonosov

Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.

— Stan Kelly-Bootle

“The basis for comprehension is theory, and the language of theoretical science is mathematics.”

— D.C. Rapaport

“I think actually if you take the analogy with other areas of engineering, and increasingly of science and even mathematics, you can see people…

— C.A.R. Hoare

“The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.”

— Marijn Haverbeke

“By any objective standard, the theory of computational complexity ranks as one of the greatest intellectual achievements of humankind -- along with fire, the…

— Scott Aaronson

“It's a simple matter of mathematics.”

— Jean Lee Latham

“The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it…

— Henri Poincare

“Mathematics is a tool which ideally permits mediocre minds to solve complicated problems expeditiously.”

— Floyd Alburn Firestone