On a plaque attached to the NASA deep space probe we [human beings] are described in symbols for the benefit of any aliens who might meet the spacecraft as “bilaterly symmetrical, sexually differentiated bipeds, located on one of the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way, capable of recognising the prime numbers and moved by one extraordinary quality that lasts longer than all our other urges—curiosity.
David G. WellsIf people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
John von NeumannI can't multiply myself out of a paper bag. But when it comes to roots, I'm your man.
Jerry NewportTag: maths mathematical-roots multiplication
The average IQ in America is—and this can be proven mathematically—average.
P.J. O'RourkeTag: humour maths averages iq-tests
Carnal embrace is sexual congress, which is the insertion of the male genital organ into the female genital organ for purposes of procreation and pleasure. Fermat’s last theorem, by contrast, asserts that when x, y and z are whole numbers each raised to power of n, the sum of the first two can never equal the third when n is greater than 2.
Tom StoppardIf a book were written all in numbers, it would be true. It would be just. Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together. But underneath the words, at the center, like the center of the Square, it all came out even. Everything could change, yet nothing would be lost. If you saw the numbers you could see that, the balance, the pattern. You saw the foundations of the world. And they were solid.
Ursula K. Le GuinTag: science language physics maths
They say that maths is a language. So how do I order a pizza with extra cheese in maths?
Greg CurtisSame as you, Arthur. I hitched a ride. After all, with a degree in maths and another in astrophysics it was either that or back to the dole queue on Monday. Sorry I missed the Wednesday lunch date, but I was in a black hole all morning.
Douglas AdamsTag: funny physics radio maths hhgttg
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If nature has taught us anything it is that the impossible is probable
Ilyas KassamTag: nature dreams possibility impossible probability maths impossibility
Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.
Isaac AsimovTag: math pithy mathematics maths
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