Answers Quote by David Gelernter

The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same.

— Paul Lockhart

It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it…

— Andrew Wiles

“In the online math class, there was almost no meaningful student/teacher or student/student interaction. To equate this type of online learning with a real-world…

— Ian Lamont

More than other subjects, there's a myth that you have to be an absolute genius to be good at maths and to enjoy it,…

— Rachel Riley

Practising maths can be fun.

— Rachel Riley

There is number of different efforts around the country are to try to redesign the math pathway and the courses that students have to…

— Anya Kamenetz

I find discussing mathematics with colleagues of different backgrounds one of the most productive ways of making progress.

— Maryam Mirzakhani

I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I do, really,…

— Freeman Dyson

I was reasonably interested in mathematics in school. Typically what happens is... when you start playing chess, it takes up a lot of your…

— Viswanathan Anand

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.

— Paul Lockhart

I think we can question whether degrees are antediluvian. Online learning has flexibility. Why not master courses in energy, writing, communications, and engineering and…

— Anant Agarwal

Very often in mathematics the crucial problem is to recognize and discover what are the relevant concepts; once this is accomplished the job may…

— Israel Nathan Herstein