“Anybody is qualified, according to everybody, for giving opinions upon poetry. It is not so in chemistry and mathematics. Nor is it so, I believe, in whist and the polka. But then these are more serious things.” GivingBelieveI BelieveOpinionSeriousMathematicsI Believe InChemistryQualifiedSerious ThingsPolka Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Things like the financial markets - a proper grounding in mathematics could help the common man. I believe that if people are more familiar with mathematical concepts... it can help deal with modern life, which is increasingly complex.” PeopleIfsMenBelieveHelpingI BelieveDealsCommonModernConceptsMathematicsComplexesFinancialFamiliarMathematicalModern LifeCommon ManGroundingFinancial Markets Author:Viswanathan Anand
“They have the idea that non-commutative algebra should remind one of commutative algebra, but the former is more sophisticated. I believe that non-commutative algebra is just as simple, but it is different.” ShouldBelieveIdeasDifferentScienceI BelieveSimpleMathematicsFormerSophisticatedAlgebra Author:Israel Gelfand
“But if we play it safe, the problem is that we may be losing out, and I believe we are.” IfsBelieveMayPlayProblemScienceI BelieveSafeLosingMathematicsLosing Out Author:Gregory Chaitin
“This branch of mathematics [Probability] is the only one, I believe, in which good writers frequently get results which are entirely erroneous.” BelieveI BelieveResultsMathematicsI Believe InBranchesProbabilityGood Writers Author:Charles Sanders Peirce