Cookbook Quote by Nathan Myhrvold

How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left…

— Anonymous

Knowing what is big and what is small is more important than being able to solve partial differential equations.

— Stanislaw Ulam

Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.

— Nevil Shute

I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and…

— Whitfield Diffie

There was a three hour differential in performances because the sponsor insisted it be done live for California. You would go on at 8…

— Dick York

Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special.

— Kit Williams

Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in…

— James A. Forbes

It must be admitted that science has its castes. The man whose chief apparatus is the differential equation looks down upon one who uses…

— Gilbert Newton Lewis

When, in school, they were teaching algebra, I was studying differential equations at home.

— George Gamow

Tom and I didn't have a problem with the height differential but Paramount did, so we tried to hide it.

— Kelly McGillis

What you need to learn how to do is analyze situations and do differential diagnoses and understand the principle and the concepts rather than…

— Leroy Hood

As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them.

— Richard Dawkins