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Mathematical Quotes by Michael Atiyah
- In the broad light of day mathematicians check their equations and their proofs, leaving no stone unturned in their search for rigour. But, at night,…
- If you attack a mathematical problem directly, very often you come to a dead end, nothing you do seems to work and you feel that…
- If theory is the role of the architect, then such beautiful proofs are the role of the craftsman. Of course, as with the great renaissance…
More Mathematical Quotes
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle
- All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact… — Roger Bacon
- In the beginning (if there was such a thing), God created Newton's laws of motion together with the necessary masses and forces.… — Albert Einstein
- So is not mathematical analysis then not just a vain game of the mind? To the physicist it can only give a… — Henri Poincare
- The theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is fortunate that… — Benoit Mandelbrot
- 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
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already… — Saint Augustine