Mathematics Quote by John D. Barrow

The profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discovery.

— Joseph Fourier

“The deep study of nature is the most fruitful source of mathematical discoveries. By offering to research a definite end, this study has the…

— Anonymous

“Somewhere out there is a theory that would explain my empirical observations, and this theory has yet to be discovered. Mathematics thrives on such…

— Henri Darmon

“Abstract mathematics combined with physics can discover and see more than any eye ever could.”

— Klaudio Marashi

“The ease with which collaboration occurs in mathematical research and the essential similarity of the fruits of such collaboration to that of individual work…

— John D. Barrow

In mathematics we find the primitive source of rationality; and to mathematics must the biologists resort for means to carry out their researches.

— Auguste Comte

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world.”

— Jordan Ellenberg

“Mathematics should be studied if only for that it puts the mind in order.”

— Mikhail Lomonosov

“Science may be defined as the reduction of multiplicity to unity. It seeks to explain the endlessly diverse phenomena of nature by ignoring the…

— Aldous Huxley

The instruction of children should aim gradually to combine knowing and doing. Among all sciences mathematics seems to be the only one of a…

— Immanuel Kant

“-which discovery is totally a matter of application, self-analysis, and experience.”

— James Allen

It is amusing to discover, in the twentieth century, that the quarrels between two lovers, two mathematicians, two nations, two economic systems, usually assumed…

— Alfred Korzybski