“A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration.” FirstsIdeasSpiritWorkViewsSawsMathematicsMathPoint Of ViewAdministrationMathematicalMediocrityMathematicianMediocreDeceivedDoubtfulSubtletyAdministrators Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful.” TruthBeautifulScienceWorkCreativityMathematicsMathematicalMathematical Beauty Author:Tom Stoppard
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.” IfsLoveLifeGivingLooksTwoEnoughPhilosophyRememberScienceLife IsPurposeThreeStarsWorkFeetAdviceLuckyGiving UpEmptyMathematicsAliensLook UpEngineeringNever Giving UpPhysicistFinding Love Author:Stephen Hawking
“The mathematical life of a mathematician is short. Work rarely improves after the age of twenty-five or thirty. If little has been accomplished by then, little will ever be accomplished.” IfsLifeLittlesHas BeensAgeScienceWorkFiveHard WorkTwentiesMathematicsMathMathematicalAccomplishmentThirtyAccomplishedMathematicianTwenty Five Author:Alfred Adler
“If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.” IfsMenShouldImportantWorkMathematicsPatientMathMedicalChristmasMathematicalHoliday Author:Bertrand Russell
“Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends upon what you put in; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat-flour from peascods, so pages of formulae will not get a definite result out of loose data.” WorldMayStuffWorkResultsDependsDegreesPagesMathematicsDataMathematicalNeverthelessDefiniteExquisiteGrindWheatMillsFlourWorkmanship Author:Thomas Huxley
“Six is a number perfect in itself, and not because God created the world in six days; rather the contrary is true. God created the world in six days because this number is perfect, and it would remain perfect, even if the work of the six days did not exist.” IfsWorldGodWorkPerfectNumbersSixMathematicsMathContraryMathematicalTrue GodNumbers And MathMathematical Logic Author:Saint Augustine
“A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things being equal, if it is shaped by the hand of geometry.” IfsHandsWorkMoralityEqualCriticismMathematicsMathMathematicalElegantGeometryBeing Equal Author:Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
“One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it” ScienceWorkNumbersImportanceMathematicsMathMathematicalEngineeringPublicationSuperfluous Author:David Hilbert
“The mathematician requires tact and good taste at every step of his work, and he has to learn to trust to his own instinct to distinguish between what is really worthy of his efforts and what is not...” WorkEffortStepsLearningTasteMathematicsInstinctWorthyMathMathematicalStatisticsMathematicianEvery StepGood TasteTact Author:James Whitbread Lee Glaisher