Euclidean Quotes

8 quotes by 8 authors

• Not that the propositions of geometry are only approximately true, but that they remain absolutely true in regard to that Euclidean space which has been… — Arthur Cayley
• Mathematics has two faces: it is the rigorous science of Euclid, but it is also something else. Mathematics presented in the Euclidean way appears as… — George Polya
• Development of Western science is based on two great achievements: the invention of the formal logical system (in Euclidean geometry) by the Greek philosophers, and… — Albert Einstein
• [The Euclidean algorithm is] the granddaddy of all algorithms, because it is the oldest nontrivial algorithm that has survived to the present day. — Donald Knuth
• But I still read Shaw on a regular basis. What I love is the nakedness of the polemic and the irresistible good humour. For me,… — Tony Kushner
• Non- Euclidean calculus and quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain; and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to trace a strange… — H P Lovecraft
• But then, Cap'n Crunch in a flake form would be suicidal madness; it would last about as long, when immersed in milk, as snowflakes sifting… — Neal Stephenson
• At that stage of my youth, death remained as abstract a concept as non-Euclidean geometry or marriage. I didn't yet appreciate its terrible finality or… — Jon Krakauer

Who Wrote These Euclidean Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 8 Euclidean Quotes as follows:

• 1 Euclidean Quote by George Polya
• 1 Euclidean Quote by Albert Einstein
• 1 Euclidean Quote by Donald Knuth
• 1 Euclidean Quote by Tony Kushner
• 1 Euclidean Quote by H P Lovecraft
• 1 Euclidean Quote by Neal Stephenson
• 1 Euclidean Quote by Jon Krakauer
• 1 Euclidean Quote by Arthur Cayley