Computation Quote by Richard Hamming

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

— Richard Hamming

Calculators can only calculate - they cannot do mathematics.

— John A. Van de Walle

ALGEBRA is a general Method of Computation by certain Signs and Symbols which have been contrived for this Purpose, and found convenient.

— Colin Maclaurin

Fantastic truths perish slower... Sappho's moon will survive the moon of Armstrong. Different computations are necessary.

— Odysseas Elytis

“Whew, this might be getting a bit confusing. I hope you are following me so far. This is the point in every Theory of…

— Melanie Mitchell

The Old Testament contains over 300 references to the Messiah that were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Computations using the science of probability on just…

— Fritz Ridenour

I have tried to avoid long numerical computations, thereby following Riemann's postulate that proofs should be given through ideas and not voluminous computations.

— David Hilbert

To me quantum computation is a new and deeper and better way to understand the laws of physics, and hence understanding physical reality as…

— David Deutsch

There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

— Winston Churchill

Some things, like the orbits of the planets, can be calculated far into the future. But that's atypical. In most contexts, there is a…

— Martin Rees

The term, information at your fingertips, is to remind people what a broad role the personal computer will be playing. It's not a computation…

— Bill Gates

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural…

— Rudy Rucker