#thematic

I hate math. It's hard, it's stupid, and it's nature's way of separating spinsters from women who end up breeding. ↗

— Douglas Coupland

#nature

The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world. ↗

— Bill Gaede

#gaede #god #mathematics #peer #physics

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. ↗

— John Adams

#i #liberty #mathematics #may #must

It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth. ↗

— Daniel Bernoulli

#earth #mathematicians #physics #true #were

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#almost #become #boast #boasts #claim

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. ↗

— Paul Erdos

#device #into #mathematician #theorems #turning

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. ↗

— Euclid

#laws #mathematical #nature #thoughts

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#especially #imagination #logic #mathematics #need

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

#again #beginning #follow #i #mathematics

De mathematen worden samen met de natuur- en scheikundigen, de medicijnmannen van de twintigste eeuw genoemd, waarbij velen zich dan nog zeer argwanend afvragen of deze profeten van de nieuwe tijd het geluk van de mensheid voor ogen hebben. Het is stellig ten dele vanwege het gebruik van deze symbolen dat men de wiskunde gaat beschouwen als een geheimtaal van ingewijden, die zich aldus een eigen wereld scheppen waarin het moeiljk verkeren is, indien men niet van jongs af aan zijn weg daarin heeft gevonden. ↗

— Theodorus Martinus Eduard Liket

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