“In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They are an analogy for the intellectual of the future.” LyingExistenceFieldsOughtLessonsIntellectualMathematicsSignificantMathematicianAnalogies Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses
“Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and its laws . Magic is the science of the Ancient Magi: and the Christian religion, which has imposed silence on the lying oracles, and put an end to the prestiges of the false Gods , itself reveres those Magi who came from the East, guided by a Star , to adore the Saviour of the world in His cradle.” WorldEndsChristianLawLyingStarsSilenceMagicAbsolutesMathematicsAncientEastAdoreCradleSaviourPrestigeOraclesFalse Gods Book:Morals and Dogma Source: Morals and Dogma
“Mathematics is not something that you find lying around in your back yard. It's produced by the human mind. Yet if we ask where mathematics works best, it is in areas like particle physics and astrophysics, areas of fundamental science that are very, very far removed from everyday affairs.” IfsMindHumansLyingAsksAreasMathematicsFundamentalsEverydayAffairPhysicsHuman MindYardsParticlesAstrophysicsParticle Physics Author:Paul Davies
“As soon as a thought or word becomes a tool, one can dispense with actually 'thinking' it, that is, with going through the logical acts involved in verbal formulation of it. As has been pointed out, often and correctly, the advantage of mathematics - the model of all neo-positivistic thinking - lies in just this 'intellectual economy.' Complicated logical operations are carried out without actual performance of the intellectual acts upon which the mathematical and logical symbols are based. ... Reason ... becomes a fetish, a magic entity that is accepted rather than intellectually experienced.” ThinkingHas BeensReasonLyingEconomyMagicInvolvedIntellectualModelsAdvantageToolsPerformancesMathematicsComplicatedAcceptedSymbolsMathematicalOperationsLogicalEntityFetish Author:Max Horkheimer
“Hydrodynamics procreated complex analysis, partial differential equations, Lie groups and algebra theory, cohomology theory and scientific computing.” LyingGroupsTheoryMathematicsComplexesAnalysisEquationsAlgebraComputingDifferential Equations Author:Vladimir Arnold