Mathematical Theory Quotes
- As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. — Arthur Cayley
- [Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem ... — Lord Kelvin
- It is easy to make out three areas where scientists will be concentrating their efforts in the coming decades. One is in physics, where leading… — Dennis Flanagan
- The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction proceed, and unsuspected relations are disclosed between hitherto separated branches… — David Hilbert
- The underlying physical laws necessary for the mathematical theory of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and… — Paul Dirac
- Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance. — Morris Kline
- 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… — Michael Atiyah
- A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so clear that you can explain it to the first man… — David Hilbert
- I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic… — Gerard Debreu