Eric Temple Bell, Scottish mathematician ‘Obvious’ is the most dangerous word in mathematics. There should be no such thing as boring mathematics. Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician What is mathematics? It is only a systematic effort of solving puzzles posed by nature. Richard Courant, German-American mathematicianĪs far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Katherine Johnson, African-American mathematician And there will always, always be mathematics. Some things will drop out of the public eye and go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. Shakuntala Devi, Indian writer and mental calculator Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
