Why math is important quotes

Mathematics is the handwriting on the human consciousness of the very spirit of life itself. Mathematics is the queen of science. Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way. Mathematics is like love; a simple idea, but it can get complicated.

Mathematics is like checkers in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. What you do is trial and error, experimentation, guesswork. Mathematics is written for mathematicians. Mathematics is a great motivator for all humans.. Because its career starts with zero and it never end infinity. Mathematics is, I believe, the chief source of the belief in eternal and exact truth, as well as a sensible intelligible world.

Mathematics is the tool specially suited for dealing with abstract concepts of any kind and there is no limit to its power in this field.

Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding. Everything around you is mathematics.

Everything around you is numbers. Do not worry too much about your difficulty in mathematics, I can assure you that mine are still greater. You can be creative in anything — in math, science, engineering, philosophy — as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance. Mathematics may not teach us to add love or subtract hate, but it gives us hope that every problem has a solution.

Mathematics is a hard thing to love. It has the unfortunate habit, like a rude dog, of turning its most unfavorable side towards you when you first make contact with it. If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. Life is a math equation. In order to gain the most, you have to know how to convert negatives into positives. Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection.

There are certain calculations I should like to make with you, To be sure that your deductions will be logical and true; And remember, 'Patience, Patience,' is the watchword of a sage, Not to-day nor yet to-morrow can complete a perfect age. I have sown, like Tycho Brahe , that a greater man may reap; But if none should do my reaping, 'twill disturb me in my sleep So be careful and be faithful, though, like me, you leave no name; See, my boy, that nothing turn you to the mere pursuit of fame.

I must say Good-bye, my pupil, for I cannot longer speak; Draw the curtain back for Venus, ere my vision grows too weak: It is strange the pearly planet should look red as fiery Mars,-- God will mercifully guide me on my way amongst the stars.

My doctor removed it. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument.

If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift to sleep. The giver is that one you think of when you first awake. Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr.

In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond all the beaten paths. It might be in a crack on the smoothest cliff or somewhere deep in the valley. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future.

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

The essence of math is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Dear Math, please grow up and solve your own problems. Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer. Mathematics is like love; a simple idea, but it can get complicated. If there is a chance that something can go wrong, then nine times out of 10 it will. Math is fun. It is more absorbing than chess, more of a gamble than poker, and lasts longer than Monopoly.

It can be played anywhere — Archimedes did it in a bathtub. Trudeau, mathematician. Mathematics consists of proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

You just get used to them. There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else — but persistent.

Five out of four people have trouble with fractions. Mathematics is a hard thing to love. It has the unfortunate habit, like a rude dog, of turning its most unfavorable side towards you when you first make contact with it. Sixty-plus quotes is a lot to get through!