Amount Quote by Sofia Kovalevskaya

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality,…

— Sofia Kovalevskaya

The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it.

— Eugene Wigner

The most vitally characteristic fact about mathematics is, in my opinion, its quite peculiar relationship to the natural sciences, or more generally, to any…

— John Von Neumann

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

— Jordan Ellenberg

There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.

— Voltaire

Mathematics is not arithmetic. Though mathematics may have arisen from the practices of counting and measuring it really deals with logical reasoning in which…

— Christopher Zeeman

The usefulness of mathematics in furthering the sciences is commonly acknowledged: but outside the ranks of the experts there is little inquiry into its…

— Herbert Turnbull

Mathematics is a vast adventure; its history reflects some of the noblest thoughts of countless generations.

— Dirk Jan Struik

Mathematics is like music. Neither needs to be useful. It is enough that each gives delight to those who seek delight from it.

— Christopher Robin Milne

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions

— Whitfield Diffie

Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination or…

— Edward Kasner

Mathematics is one of the most basic -- and most ancient -- types of knowledge. Yet the details of its historical development remain obscure…

— Ivor Grattan-Guinness