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To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences
is to invite the sterility of a cow shut read more
To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences
is to invite the sterility of a cow shut away from the bulls.
Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.
Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.
One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into read more
One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful
theories.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not
certain, and as far as they read more
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not
certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to
reality.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of
human thought independent of experience, is so read more
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of
human thought independent of experience, is so admirably adapted
to the objects of reality?
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other read more
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other
sciences.
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.