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Geometry Quotes by Ron Eglash
- While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs.
- Creating a body of mathematics is about intellectual labor, not some kind of transcendental revelation. There are plenty of important components of European fractal geometry…
- I just toured around looking for fractals, and when I found something that had a scaling geometry, I would ask the folks what was going…
More Geometry Quotes
- Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud,… — Benoit Mandelbrot
- We come now to the question: what is a priori certain or necessary, respectively in geometry (doctrine of space) or its foundations?… — Albert Einstein
- It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and… — Alfred North Whitehead
- God looks not at the oratory of your prayers, how elegant they may be; nor at the geometry of your prayers, how… — Thomas Brooks
- I conceived and developed a new geometry of nature and implemented its use in a number of diverse fields. It describes many… — Benoit Mandelbrot
- I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure. The tedium was relieved by a few… — Steven Chu
- Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to… — David Mumford
- The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method-more daring than anything… — Nicholas Murray Butler