Equations Quotes

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Just by studying mathematics we can hope to make a guess at the kind of mathematics that will come into the physics of the future… — Paul Dirac
Standard mathematics has recently been rendered obsolete by the discovery that for years we have been writing the numeral five backward. This has led to… — Woody Allen
Perhaps we see equations as simple because they are easily expressed in terms of mathematical notation already invented at an earlier stage of development of… — Murray Gell-Mann
It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics… — Barack Obama
To solve the human equation, we need to add love, subtract hate, multiply good, and divide between truth and error. — Janet Coleman
Being gifted intellectually is only a small part of the equation of success. Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far… — Terry Bradshaw
If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations-then so much the worse for Maxwell's… — Arthur Eddington
Equations seem like treasures, spotted in the rough by some discerning individual, plucked and examined, placed in the grand storehouse of knowledge, passed on from… — Robert P. Crease
Those who think 'Science is Measurement' should search Darwin's works for numbers and equations. — David H. Hubel
Who ... is not familiar with Maxwell's memoirs on his dynamical theory of gases? ... from one side enter the equations of state; from the… — Ludwig Boltzmann
How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him… — Clifford Truesdell
There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by words. The converse, however, is false. Much… — Clifford Truesdell
I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the… — Albert Einstein
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation. — Averroes
The sceptic will say, 'It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this does not prove… — Albert Einstein
...the computer models are very good at solving equations of fluid dynamics but very bad at describing the real world. The real world is full… — Freeman Dyson
Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry. — Stephen Hawking
Cancer is really hard to go through and it's really hard to watch someone you love go through, and I know because I have been… — Cynthia Nixon
My favourite fellow of the Royal Society is the Reverend Thomas Bayes, an obscure 18th-century Kent clergyman and a brilliant mathematician who devised a complex… — Bill Bryson
'Scientific' computer simulations predict global warming based on increased greenhouse gas emissions over time. However, without water's contribution taken into account they omit the largest… — Michael Myers

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