Mathematical Quotes

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Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with… — Arthur Koestler
In modern times the belief that the ultimate explanation of all things was to be found in Newtonian mechanics was an adumbration of the truth… — Alfred North Whitehead
I became more and more convinced that even nature could be understood as a relatively simple mathematical structure. — Albert Einstein
If there was some sort of mathematical equation for beauty,Â I donâ€™t know if I would be the algorithm. Iâ€™m not a supermodel. Thatâ€™s not… — Lady Gaga
One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From the viewpoint of… — Stephen Hawking
To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational, — Stephen Hawking
These algorithms, which I'll call public relevance algorithms, are-by the very sameÂ mathematical procedures-producing and certifying knowledge.Â The algorithmic assessment of information, then, represents a… — Tarleton Gillespie
Who else but the maestro of mathematical creativity, Clifford Pickover, to curate a museum of Strange Brains and write biographies of the scientific geniuses who… — Mark Frauenfelder
The mathematical expectation of the speculator is zero. — Louis Bachelier
Also, it's not the mathematical skill that's critical to winning, it's the discipline of being able to stick to the system. There are very few… — Blair Hull
It seems that every practitioner of physics has had to wonder at some point why mathematics and physics have come to be so closely entwined.… — Unknown Author
Pure science is a myth: Both mathematical theoreticians like Albert Einstein and practical crackpots like Henry Ford dealt with different aspects of the same world. — Edward Abbey
Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical. — Blaise Pascal
I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematical proposition in some other way than that of the ordinary demonstration, they promptly… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I constantly meet people who are doubtful, generally without due reason, about their potential capacity [as mathematicians]. The first test is whether you got anything… — John Edensor Littlewood
The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of… — Henri Poincare
What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of "model," is that the mathematical model is… — John L. Casti
Economists who speak the English tongue are strangely intimidated by mathematical symbols. — Unknown Author
There is, of course, great value in belonging to a group. Safety in numbers, for one. But there is also a mathematical explanation for why… — Gregory Berns
Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay. — Crispin Glover

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