Quotes by Math What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics, a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right than a theory that is inelegant. A theory appears to be beautiful or elegant (or simple, if you prefer) when it can be expressed concisely in terms of mathematics we already have. Symmetry exhibits the simplicity. The Foundamental Law is such that the different skins of the onion resemble one another and therefore the math for one skin allows you to express beautifully and simply the phenomenon of the next skin. Murray Gell-Mann simplemathbeautiful I suppose I felt doomed to be an artist early on because of the way I drew all over the books that I needed for school, from ancient history to math. I was more interested in drawing in the margins than actually doing the work. Nancy Spero mathbookschool Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize that the new comes from here and gets imitated elsewhere. And it is not thanks to universities, which obviously claim a lot more credit than their accomplishments warrant. Like Britain in the Industrial Revolution, America's asset is, simply, risk taking and the use of optionality, this remarkable ability to engage in rational forms fo trial and error, with no comparative shame in failing again, starting again, and repeating failure. Nassim Nicholas Taleb errorsmathamerica I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades. Natasha Bedingfield hard-workmathart A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration. Napoleon Bonaparte workmathideas Look, I'm over 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math! Nathan Lane theatremusicalmath I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst. Nathan Kress gradesmy-favoritemath Numbers constitute the only universal language. Nathanael West communicationmathnumbers Prayers for the condemned man will be offered on an adding machine. Numbers constitute the only universal language. Nathanael West prayermathmen I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef. Nathan Myhrvold degreesmathchef In whatever you choose to do, do it because it's hard, not because it's easy. Math and physics and astrophysics are hard. For every hard thing you accomplish, fewer other people are out there doing the same thing as you. That's what doing something hard means. And in the limit of this, everyone beats a path to your door because you're the only one around who understands the impossible concept or who solves the unsolvable problem. Neil deGrasse Tyson mathdoorsmean Somehow it's O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, 'I never learned to read,' they'd say I was an illiterate dolt. Neil deGrasse Tyson bad-assmathpeople Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos. Neil deGrasse Tyson cosmosmind-blowingmath On Venus you could cook a 16-inch pepperoni pizza in seven seconds, just by holding it out to the air. (Yes, I did the math.) Neil deGrasse Tyson airmathscience All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such as NASA. Neil deGrasse Tyson technologydreammath In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math. Niall Ferguson wantmathfirsts Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers. Nicholas Eberstadt mathnumbersmen The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method Nicholas Murray Butler newtondefyingmath As an undergraduate, I did maths and physics. That doesn't make me a scientist. So I try to read and understand and talk to scientists. Nicholas Stern physicsmathtrying You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet. Neil deGrasse Tyson novelistsmathyears«5051525354555657585960»
