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The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry [as did Clifford], for geometry is o...
Eric Temple Bell
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The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment... We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and the billions of molecules in a drop of water are counted. Yet, like the ghost of...
Alfred North Whitehead
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science, stars, math, mathematics, hamlet, shakespeare, study, mental, william shakespeare, grasp
Questions that pertain to the foundations of mathematics, although treated by many in recent times, still lack a satisfactory solution. Ambiguity of language is philosophy's main source of problems. T...
Giuseppe Peano
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science, philosophy, language, ambiguity, questions, math, mathematics, importance, solution, foundations
Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection of the mathematical reasoning invo...
Chen Ning Yang
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nature, power, respect, science, reason, perfection, math, mathematics, chinese, laws of physics
Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt and the C...
Gian-Carlo Rota
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science, understanding, standards, math, mathematics, teaching, mythology, public, greek mythology, difficulty