Abstraction Quote by David Hilbert

Thus not only the mental and the material, but the theoretical and the practical in the mathematical world, are brought into more intimate and…

— Ada Lovelace

In the development of the understanding of complex phenomena, the most powerful tool available to the human intellect is abstraction. Abstraction arises from the…

— Tony Hoare

A study, by its very nature, is an abstraction.

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

Each part of the mind sees only a little of what happens in some others, and that little is swiftly refined, reformulated and "represented."…

— Marvin Minsky

The increased abstraction in mathematics that took place during the early part of this century was paralleled by a similar trend in the arts.…

— Keith Devlin

“Mathematics is much more than a language for dealing with the physical world. It is a source of models and abstractions which will enable…

— Melvin Schwartz

As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from…

— William Thurston

Psychologically, the teaching of abstractions first is wrong. Indeed, a thorough understanding of the concrete must precede the abstract.

— Morris Kline

We humans have a wide range of abilities that help us perceive and analyze mathematical content. We perceive abstract notions not just through seeing…

— William Thurston

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.

— Edward Teller

Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one.

— Henry Moore

On the one hand, there are individual actions such as throwing, pushing, touching, rubbing. It is these individual actions that give rise most of…

— Jean Piaget