“ Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him [her husband, George Boole]; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a means of clearing the ground of doctrines imagined to be proved,… Mary Everest Boole
“ From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly. Early on I was fascinated by theoretical phy… David Gross
“ We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of 'proving theorems.' Is a writer's job mainly that of 'writing sentences? Gian-Carlo Rota
“ No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern parent or teacher who tried to force into them a non-compre… Roger Penrose
“ It appears that the solution of the problem of time and space is reserved to philosophers who, like Leibniz, are mathematicians, or to mathematicians who, like Einstein, are philosophers. Hans Reichenbach
“ If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he finds for doing this is to ask where the results can be applied. The hard pressed man, wi… Alfred Tarski
“ Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your… Mark Haddon
“ I carried this problem around in my head basically the whole time. I would wake up with it first thing in the morning, I would be thinking about it all day, and I would be thinking about it when I wen… Andrew John Wiles
“ If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. John von Neumann
“ It is all about numbers. It is all about sequence. It's the mathematical logic of being alive. If everything kept to its normal progression, we would live with the sadness--cry and then walk--but what… Aimee Bender
“ If my path is right, let it be your path; if your path is right, let it be my path! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ Like Molière’s M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware of all the principles underlying what the… Ernest Nagel
“ Infinity exist unfortnately what will happen if we accept it??After all numbers are taken what happens??We will start with Omega+1 Then Omega+Omega+1... Think on this, this is the infinitive road, I g… Deyth Banger
“ Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in whi… Galileo Galilei
“ A term meant to convey a person's inability to make sense of the numbers that run their lives. Douglas R. Hofstadter
“ Everyone now agrees that a physics lacking all connection with mathematics ... would only be an historical amusement, fitter for entertaining the idle than for occupying the mind of a philosopher. Franz Karl Achard
“ Yes, but you need to learn your maths.I don't need to, really. I already know how to count to a hundred. And I'm sure I'll never need ore than a hundred of anything. Lisa Kleypas
