When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character..

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance..

Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there..

Looking at numbers as groups of rocks may seem unusual, but actually it's as old as math itself. The word "calculate" reflects that legacy - it comes….

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

Logic leaves us no choice. In that sense, math always involves both invention and discovery: we invent the concepts but discover their consequences. ….

The frequencies of the notes in a scale—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do—sound to us like they’re rising in equal steps. But objectively their vibrati….

I loved this smart, funny, big-hearted novel. As hilarious and wise as early Philip Roth, The Mathematician's Shiva will delight and move you..

In mathematics, our freedom lies in the questions we ask — and in how we pursue them — but not in the answers awaiting us..