Quotes by Math A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence. Howard Whitley Eves intelligencemathfeelings Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutters slowly attempting to demolish the rock from the outside with hammer and chisel. The later mathematicians resemble expert miners who seek vulnerable veins, drill into these strategic places, and then blast the rock apart with well placed internal charges. Howard Whitley Eves rockswishmath No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in math. The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a problem into another form. Depending on the nature and the direction of the problem, a solution might be suggested in the narrative. Tengo would return to the real world with that solution in hand. It was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell. It served no immediate practical purpose, but it contained a possibility. Haruki Murakami cuttingrealmath What do I like about math? , When I've got figures in front of me, it relaxes me. Kind of like, everything fits where it belongs. Haruki Murakami relaxkindmath In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection. Hugo Rossi mathtimefall I'm real good with math, with numbers, like my dad was. I'm pretty much dialed in. Hulk Hogan dadrealmath Pedagogy, like language itself, can either liberate or imprison ideas, inspire of suffocate constructive thinking. Hyman Bass teachingmaththinking Mathematics is one of the deepest and most powerful expressions of pure human reason, and, at the same time, the most fundamental resource for description and analysis of the experiential world. Hyman Bass powerfulteachingmath Why should there be the method of science? There is not just one way to build a house, or even to grow tomatoes. We should not expect something as motley as the growth of knowledge to be strapped to one methodology. Ian Hacking housemathscience I don't want to convince you that mathematics is useful. It is, but utility is not the only criterion for value to humanity. Above all, I want to convince you that mathematics is beautiful, surprising, enjoyable, and interesting. In fact, mathematics is the closest that we humans get to true magic. How else to describe the patterns in our heads that - by some mysterious agency - capture patterns of the universe around us? 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Idris Elba ambitionwhitemath That sometimes clear ... and sometimes vague stuff ... which is ... mathematics. Imre Lakatos mathstuffsometimes A good student is one who will teach you something. Irving Kaplansky studentseducationmath The effort of the economist is to "see," to picture the interplay of economic elements. The more clearly cut these elements appear in his vision, the better; the more elements he can grasp and hold in his mind at once, the better. The economic world is a misty region. The first explorers used unaided vision. Mathematics is the lantern by which what before was dimly visible now looms up in firm, bold outlines. The old phantasmagoria disappear. We see better. We also see further. Irving Fisher effortcuttingmath The science of mathematics presents the most brilliant example of how pure reason may successfully enlarge its domain without the aid of experience Immanuel Kant examplemathscience Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs. Isaac Barrow affairfoundationmath Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton simplicityconfusionmath God created everything by number, weight and measure. Isaac Newton weightmathnumbers«3031323334353637383940»
