Mathematics, in the common lay view, is a static discipline based on formulas...But outside the public view, mathematics continues to grow at a rapid….
I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you ….
For hundreds of pages the closely-reasoned arguments unroll, axioms and theorems interlock. And what remains with us in the end? A general sense that….
Calculus required continuity, and continuity was supposed to require the infinitely little; but nobody could discover what the infinitely little migh….
...I think there's only one [thing] that anybody teaches, and this is character. And I think that whether you are teaching history, math, or biology,….
I did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows..
Such is the advantage of a well constructed language that its simplified notation often becomes the source of profound theories..
Mathematicians grow very old; it is a healthy profession. The reason you live long is that you have pleasant thoughts. Math and physics are very plea….
Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to av….
Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency..
The motto I have penned on my knuckles is that this is the best world we have--because it's the only world we have. It's the simplest math ever. Howe….
Mathematics is as much an aspect of culture as it is a collection of algorithms..
We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely ….
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students st….
We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to ser….
I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam..
America faces many challenges...but the enemy I fear most is complacency. We are about to be hit by the full force of global competition. If we conti….
I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it..
I was fine with everything except Maths. I was terrible at Maths..
I was never as focused in math, science, computer science, etcetera, as the people who were best at it. I wanted to create amazing screensavers that ….
America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electora….