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“What good your beautiful proof on the transcendence of Pi: Why investigate such problems, given that irrational numbers do not even exist?”

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Leopold Kronecker

German mathematician born on December 7, 1823, and died on December 29, 1891. Kronecker is known for his contributions to number theory, algebra, and the foundations of mathematics. more

“Surely with as good reason as had Archimedes to have the cylinder, cone and sphere engraved on his tombstone might our distinguished countrymen leave testamentary directions for the cubic eikosiheptagram to be engraved on theirs. Spirit of the Universe! wither are we drifting, and when, where, and how is all this to end?”

Ends Reason Might Science Spirit Universe Mathematics Spheres Distinguished Drifting Countrymen Tombstone Cones Engraved Cylinders

Book:1854-1973

Source: 1854-1973

“If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won't get much smarter.”

Years Science Ten Mathematics Smarter Programmers

Author:Bjarne Stroustrup

“Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.”

Sometimes Happens Priorities Things In Life Life Happens

Author:Mariska Hargitay

“I think that I am among the few lucky ones who are exploiting complexity. Most people are unhappy with the emergence of complexity, they would prefer it if the world were very simple, but then it would be a doom for a cryptographer like myself.”

People Ifs Thinking World Would Be Science Simple Lucky Mathematics Unhappy Complexity Doom Emergence

Author:Adi Shamir

“Mathematicians tend to prefer a worst-case analysis, a kind of paranoia that is especially understandable if you live in Israel!”

Ifs Kind Science Cases Worst Mathematics Israel Analysis Mathematician Paranoia

Author:Noga Alon

“I used to be surprised and even depressed when I met someone I had admired and discovered him or her to be a jerk or, perhaps worse, rather common. Now I half expect this reaction and even find it a little reassuring, maybe even uplifting. Isn't it amazing that somebody like that could produce such and such.”

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Book:A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Source: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

“The only bit of logic-based public bathroom humor I know is: the difference between men and women is that between the statement [P and not Q] and the statement [Q and not P].”

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Author:John Allen Paulos

“We ourselves are co-called non-linear dynamical systems... I don't feel quite so pathetic when I interrupt a project to check on some obscure web site or newsgroup or derive an iota of cheer by getting rid of pocketful of change.”

Feels Science Projects Mathematics Checks Cheer Site Obscure Pathetic Linear

Author:John Allen Paulos

“There is something inhuman and vaguely pornographic about statistics... Pornography, on the other hand, with its loosely bound sequences of storyless sexual couplings often has the feel of a statistical survey.”

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Author:John Allen Paulos

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