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Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes

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 same. That is one of their innermost Freudian motivations. In fact, that is what we mean by understanding Picture Quote #1
[In mathematics] There are two kinds of mistakes. There are fatal mistakes that destroy a theory, but there are also contingent ones, which are useful in testing the stability of a theory Picture Quote #1
Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody’s attention will turn elsewhere Picture Quote #1
The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated Picture Quote #1
Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it’s a very competitive field, almost as bad as being a concert pianist Picture Quote #1
Very little mathematics has direct applications - though fortunately most of it has plenty of indirect ones Picture Quote #1
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The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which Picture Quote #1
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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 same. That is one of their innermost Freudian motivations. In fact, that is what we mean by understanding  (Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes) [In mathematics] There are two kinds of mistakes. There are fatal mistakes that destroy a theory, but there are also contingent ones, which are useful in testing the stability of a theory  (Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes) Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody’s attention will turn elsewhere  (Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes) The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.  (Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes) Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it’s a very competitive field, almost as bad as being a concert pianist.  (Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes) Very little mathematics has direct applications - though fortunately most of it has plenty of indirect ones.  (Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes) 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 Quotes)