Definitions Quote by Morris Kline Download Open image “There is no rigorous definition of rigor.” — Morris Kline ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Definitions Inspirational Rigor Science
But anything that can be called "rigor" is lost exactly where the things become interesting and non trivial. — Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov Copy Share Image
There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are no excuses for theoretical physicists not to perform and deliver. — Ashoke Sen Copy Share Image
The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
99% of fund managers demonstrate no evidence of skill whatsoever. — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
There's no point in dwelling on the controversies created by others. — Javier Zanetti Copy Share Image
There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. — William H. Hastie Copy Share Image
Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
In brief, the whole world is the totality of mathematically expressible motions of objects in space and time, and the entire universe is a… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Though determinants and matrices received a great deal of attention in the nineteenth century and thousands of papers were written on these subjects, they… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
“All mathematical proofs must be deductive. Each proof is a chain of deductive arguments, each of which has its premises and conclusion.” — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Every paper published in a respectable journal should have a preface by the author stating why he is publishing the article, and what value… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
“same phenomenon and concludes that the phenomenon will always occur. Conclusions obtained by induction seem well warranted” — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is - if… — Dennis Brown Copy Share Image
The self is defined psychologically as the psychic totality of the individual. Anything that a [person] postulates as being a greater totality than [oneself]… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
my definition of the ideal man is 'that particular man with whom a woman happens to be in love at that particular time. — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.' — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul… — Richard Eberhart Copy Share Image
Science manipulates things and gives up living in them. It makes its own limited models of things; operating upon these indices or variables to… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,… — James Madison Copy Share Image