“It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.” WayKindMayFictionFutureScience FictionLogical Author:Elizabeth Moon
“Mathematics is not arithmetic. Though mathematics may have arisen from the practices of counting and measuring it really deals with logical reasoning in which theorems-general and specific statements-can be deduced from the starting assumptions. It is, perhaps, the purest and most rigorous of intellectual activities, and is often thought of as queen of the sciences.” MayScienceDealsPracticeActivityIntellectualAccountsMathematicsStartingStatementsQueensAssumptionReasoningLogicalCountingMeasuringArithmeticTheoremsLogical Reasoning Author:Christopher Zeeman
“A logical theory may be tested by its capacity for dealing with puzzles, and it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since these serve much the same purpose as is served by experiments in physical science.” ThinkingMindMayPurposePlansTheoryCapacityLogicExperimentsLogicalPuzzlesTestedPhysical Science Book:Foundations of Logic, 1903-05 Source: Foundations of Logic, 1903-05