“"Can you do Addition?" the White Queen said. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count." "She can't do Addition," the Red Queen interrupted.” KnowsSaidLostWhiteRedMathematicsMathMathematicalQueensInterruptedMath And ScienceMathematics And ScienceRed Queen Book:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales
“Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.” PrinciplesLoversDrawsConsequenceMathematicsMathMathematicalGrantsMathematicianMathematics And ScienceMathematics By MathematiciansMath Is Like Author:Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
“A mathematician who can only generalise is like a monkey who can only climb up a tree, and a mathematician who can only specialise is like a monkey who can only climb down a tree. In fact neither the up monkey nor the down monkey is a viable creature. A real monkey must find food and escape his enemies and so must be able to incessantly climb up and down. A real mathematician must be able to generalise and specialise.” RealFactsAbleEnemyTreeCreaturesMathematicsMathClimbsMathematicianMonkeysUp And DownMath And ScienceGeneralizationIncessantlyMathematics And ScienceMath EducationMathematics By MathematiciansMath Is Like Author:George Polya