Nature imitates mathematics.
Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are really the sam… - Gian-Carlo Rota
Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are really the sam…
- Gian-Carlo Rota
The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which. - Gian-Carlo Rota
The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which.
Combinatorics is an honest subject. No adèles, no sigma-algebras. You count balls in a box, and you either have the right number or you haven't. You … - Gian-Carlo Rota
Combinatorics is an honest subject. No adèles, no sigma-algebras. You count balls in a box, and you either have the right number or you haven't. You …
Nature imitates mathematics. - Gian-Carlo Rota
Every field has its taboos. In algebraic geometry the taboos are (1) writing a draft that can be followed by anyone but two or three of one's closest… - Gian-Carlo Rota
Every field has its taboos. In algebraic geometry the taboos are (1) writing a draft that can be followed by anyone but two or three of one's closest…
Mathematicians also make terrible salesmen. Physicists can discover the same thing as a mathematician and say 'We've discovered a great new law of na… - Gian-Carlo Rota
Mathematicians also make terrible salesmen. Physicists can discover the same thing as a mathematician and say 'We've discovered a great new law of na…
Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and over, like a theme with variations. An audience is like a herd of cows, moving slowl… - Gian-Carlo Rota
Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and over, like a theme with variations. An audience is like a herd of cows, moving slowl…
Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on how to be a genius. You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present … - Gian-Carlo Rota
Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on how to be a genius. You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present …
Why is it that Serge Lange's Linear Algebra, published by no less a Verlag than Springer, ostentatiously displays the sale of a few thousand copies o… - Gian-Carlo Rota
Why is it that Serge Lange's Linear Algebra, published by no less a Verlag than Springer, ostentatiously displays the sale of a few thousand copies o…
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