Sunday, September 7, 2014

8 Quotes About That 4-Letter Word

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1. Math is a four-letter word. The most anxiety-producing four-letter word in our language.


2. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. -Albert Einstein


3. The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure,
     passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. -William James


4. Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics. -Dean Schlicter


5. Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere
    and the circumference nowhere. -Blaise Pascal

6. The significance of mathematics resides precisely in the fact that it is an art;
    by informing us of the nature of our own minds it informs us of much
    that depends on our minds. -John William Navin Sullivan


7. Mathematical knowledge adds vigour to the mind, frees it from prejudice,
    credulity, and superstition.  -John Arbuthnot


8. A world without math or a world without numbers would result in paychecks
    containing only the words: Thanks for working, sucker.
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