705 Quotes About Mathematics

  • Author Christopher Zeeman
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    Mathematics is not arithmetic. Though mathematics may have arisen from the practices of counting and measuring it really deals with logical reasoning in which theorems—general and specific statements—can be deduced from the starting assumptions. It is, perhaps, the purest and most rigorous of intellectual activities, and is often thought of as queen of the sciences.

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  • Author Richard Feynman
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    Translate these numbers, which are written in base seven, to base five.” Translating from one base to another is an utterly useless thing. If you can do it, maybe it’s entertaining; if you can’t do it, forget it. There’s no point to it.

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  • Author Paul Dirac
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    The underlying physical laws necessary for the mathematical theory of a larger part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known.

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  • Author Ehsan Sehgal
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    There is not any other hard mathematics than this:Woman=Wo+Man is a World Order for man.Female=Fe+Male is Function Element of maleIt means the woman rides on the minds of men on all the sides.

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  • Author Rajesh`
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    Mathematics is a naturally occurring universal language. It is true whether you believe in it or not. It will exist independent of our existence.

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  • Author Paul Lockhart
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    Of course, being a mathematician, I'm always looking for ways to avoid tedious mundane labor. Especially if it means I get to do a bunch of interesting abstract thinking. That's kind of the whole math thing: working hard to find ways to get out of working hard. If you are really, really lazy, and also happen to be really, really clever, then math just might be the life for you (assuming you also have no interest in wealth, fame, or popularity).

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