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Mathematicians Quotes

Most geometricians, chemists, mathematicians, and great scientists submit religion to reason only to discover a problem as unsolvable as that of squaring a circle Picture Quote #1

The mathematicians are well acquainted with the difference between pure science, which has only to do with ideas, and the application of its laws to the use of life, in which they are constrained to submit to the imperfections of matter and the influence of accidents Picture Quote #1

The bottom line for mathematicians is that the architecture has to be right. In all the mathematics that I did, the essential point was to find the right architecture. It’s like building a bridge. Once the main lines of the structure are right, then the details miraculously fit. The problem is the overall design Picture Quote #1

Most were beginning to feel they had learned enough to last for the rest of their lives. They remained mathematicians, but largely went their own way Picture Quote #1

What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It’s the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field Picture Quote #1

$Mathematicians didn’t invent infinity until 1877. So they thought it was impossible that Africans could be using fractal geometry Picture Quote #1$

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Some things that satisfy the rules of algebra can be interesting to mathematicians even though they don’t always represent a real situation Picture Quote #1

One does not, by knowing all the physical laws as we know them today, immediately obtain an understanding of anything much. I love only nature, and I hate mathematicians Picture Quote #1

Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand Picture Quote #1

Physicists know what’s important, but they don’t know what is true. Mathematicians know what’s true, but they don’t know what is important Picture Quote #1

Good mathematicians see analogies. Great mathematicians see analogies between analogies Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately, the world has not been designed for the convenience of mathematicians Picture Quote #1

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Abel has left mathematicians something to keep them busy for five hundred years Picture Quote #1

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more Picture Quote #1

Even the great scientists have reported that their creative break-throughs came at a time of mental quietude. The surprising result of a nationwide inquiry among America’s most eminent mathematicians, including Einstein, to find out their working methods, was that thinking ‘plays only a subordinate part in the brief, decisive phase of the creative act itself’ Picture Quote #1

[John Wheeler] rejuvenated general relativity; he made it an experimental subject and took it away from the mathematicians Picture Quote #1

As for mathematicians themselves: don’t expect too much help. Most of them are too far removed in their ivory towers to take up such challenges. And anyway, they are not competent. After all, they are just mathematicians-what we need is paramathematicians, like you... It is you who can be the welding force, between mathematicians and stories, in order to achieve the synthesis Picture Quote #1

Everybody in mathematics had given up for 100 years or 200 years the idea that you could from pictures, from looking at pictures, find new ideas. That was the case long ago in the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, in later periods, but then mathematicians had become very abstract Picture Quote #1

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Some mathematicians didn’t even perceive of the possibility of a picture being helpful. To the contrary, I went into an orgy of looking at pictures by the hundreds; the machines became a little bit better Picture Quote #1

The idea would be in my mind - and I know it sounds strange - is that the most important advances in medicine would be made not by new knowledge in molecular biology, because that’s exceeding what we can even use. It’ll be made by mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, figuring out a way to get all that information together Picture Quote #1

...the feeling of mathematical beauty, of the harmony of numbers and of forms, of geometric elegance. It is a genuinely aesthetic feeling, which all mathematicians know 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

In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians Picture Quote #1

Today, you have neuroscientists working on a genetic, behavioural or cognitive level, and then you have informaticians, chemists and mathematicians. They all have their own understanding of how the brain functions and is structured. How do you get them all around the same table? Picture Quote #1

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Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express Picture Quote #1

I remember that mathematicians were telling me in the 1960s that they would recognize computer science as a mature discipline when it had 1,000 deep algorithms. I think we’ve probably reached 500 Picture Quote #1

Yet there have been and still are mathematicians and philosophers who doubt whether the whole universe, or to speak more widely, the whole of being, was only created in Euclid’s geometry. They even dare to dream that two parallel lines, which according to Euclid can never meet on earth, may meet somewhere in infinity Picture Quote #1

The only reason psychology students don’t have to do more and harder mathematics than physics students is because the mathematicians haven’t yet discovered ways of dealing with problems as hard as those in psychology Picture Quote #1

Both children and adults like me who live with type 1 diabetes need to be mathematicians, physicians, personal trainers, and dietitians all rolled into one, Picture Quote #1

Do you know, the Devil confided, not even the best mathematicians on other planets - all far ahead of yours - have solved it? Why, there is a chap on Saturn - he looks something like a mushroom on stilts - who solves partial differential equations mentally; and even he’s given up Picture Quote #1

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Most geometricians, chemists, mathematicians, and great scientists submit religion to reason only to discover a problem as unsolvable as that of squaring a circle (Mathematicians Quotes) The mathematicians are well acquainted with the difference between pure science, which has only to do with ideas, and the application of its laws to the use of life, in which they are constrained to submit to the imperfections of matter and the influence of accidents (Mathematicians Quotes) The bottom line for mathematicians is that the architecture has to be right. In all the mathematics that I did, the essential point was to find the right architecture. It’s like building a bridge. Once the main lines of the structure are right, then the details miraculously fit. The problem is the overall design (Mathematicians Quotes) Most were beginning to feel they had learned enough to last for the rest of their lives. They remained mathematicians, but largely went their own way (Mathematicians Quotes) What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It’s the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field (Mathematicians Quotes) Mathematicians didn’t invent infinity until 1877. So they thought it was impossible that Africans could be using fractal geometry (Mathematicians Quotes) Some things that satisfy the rules of algebra can be interesting to mathematicians even though they don’t always represent a real situation (Mathematicians Quotes) One does not, by knowing all the physical laws as we know them today, immediately obtain an understanding of anything much. I love only nature, and I hate mathematicians (Mathematicians Quotes) Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand (Mathematicians Quotes) Physicists know what’s important, but they don’t know what is true. Mathematicians know what’s true, but they don’t know what is important (Mathematicians Quotes) Good mathematicians see analogies. Great mathematicians see analogies between analogies (Mathematicians Quotes) Unfortunately, the world has not been designed for the convenience of mathematicians (Mathematicians Quotes) Abel has left mathematicians something to keep them busy for five hundred years (Mathematicians Quotes) Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more (Mathematicians Quotes) Even the great scientists have reported that their creative break-throughs came at a time of mental quietude. The surprising result of a nationwide inquiry among America’s most eminent mathematicians, including Einstein, to find out their working methods, was that thinking ‘plays only a subordinate part in the brief, decisive phase of the creative act itself’ (Mathematicians Quotes) [John Wheeler] rejuvenated general relativity; he made it an experimental subject and took it away from the mathematicians (Mathematicians Quotes) As for mathematicians themselves: don’t expect too much help. Most of them are too far removed in their ivory towers to take up such challenges. And anyway, they are not competent. After all, they are just mathematicians-what we need is paramathematicians, like you... It is you who can be the welding force, between mathematicians and stories, in order to achieve the synthesis (Mathematicians Quotes) Everybody in mathematics had given up for 100 years or 200 years the idea that you could from pictures, from looking at pictures, find new ideas. That was the case long ago in the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, in later periods, but then mathematicians had become very abstract (Mathematicians Quotes) Some mathematicians didn’t even perceive of the possibility of a picture being helpful. To the contrary, I went into an orgy of looking at pictures by the hundreds; the machines became a little bit better (Mathematicians Quotes) The idea would be in my mind - and I know it sounds strange - is that the most important advances in medicine would be made not by new knowledge in molecular biology, because that’s exceeding what we can even use. It’ll be made by mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, figuring out a way to get all that information together. (Mathematicians Quotes) ...the feeling of mathematical beauty, of the harmony of numbers and of forms, of geometric elegance. It is a genuinely aesthetic feeling, which all mathematicians know (Mathematicians 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. (Mathematicians Quotes) In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians. (Mathematicians Quotes) Today, you have neuroscientists working on a genetic, behavioural or cognitive level, and then you have informaticians, chemists and mathematicians. They all have their own understanding of how the brain functions and is structured. How do you get them all around the same table? (Mathematicians Quotes) Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. (Mathematicians Quotes) I remember that mathematicians were telling me in the 1960s that they would recognize computer science as a mature discipline when it had 1,000 deep algorithms. I think we’ve probably reached 500. (Mathematicians Quotes) Yet there have been and still are mathematicians and philosophers who doubt whether the whole universe, or to speak more widely, the whole of being, was only created in Euclid’s geometry. They even dare to dream that two parallel lines, which according to Euclid can never meet on earth, may meet somewhere in infinity. (Mathematicians Quotes) The only reason psychology students don’t have to do more and harder mathematics than physics students is because the mathematicians haven’t yet discovered ways of dealing with problems as hard as those in psychology. (Mathematicians Quotes) Both children and adults like me who live with type 1 diabetes need to be mathematicians, physicians, personal trainers, and dietitians all rolled into one, (Mathematicians Quotes) Do you know, the Devil confided, not even the best mathematicians on other planets - all far ahead of yours - have solved it? Why, there is a chap on Saturn - he looks something like a mushroom on stilts - who solves partial differential equations mentally; and even he’s given up. (Mathematicians Quotes)

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