#mathematics

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. ↗

— Georg Cantor

#freedom #lies #mathematics

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. ↗

— Frank Capra

#languages #mathematics #music #other #three

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#ends #like #magnificence #mathematics #nile

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation. ↗

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

#certain #equally #every #exclusive #fault

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics. ↗

— Maimonides

#branches #consequently #first #human #lastly

This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics. ↗

— Jerry Moran

#computer #computer science #engineering #fight #get

Chess, like mathematics and music, is a nursery for child prodigies. ↗

— Jamie Murphy

#child #like #mathematics #music #nursery

Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#build #equation #eventually #experiments #mathematics

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#best #clearly #conclusion #did #finally

The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it. ↗

— James Newman

#about #after #away #being #far