Class Quote by Sophie Kinsella

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

— Clyde Tombaugh

Math education has changed over the years. In the 19th century, they taught spherical trigonometry because one of the biggest applications of mathematics was…

— Terence Tao

The reason the gifted students of the world like Khan Academy is because we don't say, 'Memorize this formula,' but say, 'Let's try to…

— Sal Khan

[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.

— Evan Esar

It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a…

— Bertrand Russell

... fain would I turn back the clock and devote to French or some other language the hours I spent upon algebra, geometry, and…

— Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

Pi is not merely the ubiquitous factor in high school geometry problems; it is stitched across the whole tapestry of mathematics, not just geometry's…

— Robert Kanigel

And last of all we have the secondary forms of crystals bursting in upon us, and sparkling in the rigidity of mathematical necessity and…

— James Clerk Maxwell

A lot of times, when kids have problems with algebra or trigonometry, it has nothing to do with the subject matter, has nothing to…

— Sal Khan

... geometry became a symbol for human relations, except that it was better, because in geometry things never go bad. If certain things occur,…

— Louise Bourgeois

One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden.

— Steven Strogatz

I use trigonometry all the time.

— Jessi Combs