Quotable Mathematics

"[All phenomena] are equally susceptible of being calculated, and all that is necessary, to reduce the whole of nature to laws similar ...

"The chaos theory will require scientists in all fields to, develop sophisticated mathematical skills, so that they will be able to bet...

"The term ‘chaos’ currently has a variety of accepted meanings, but here we shall use it to mean deterministically, or nearly determini...

"In short, absolute, so-called mathematical factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start there is an i...

"Chaos is but unperceived order; it is a word indicating the limitations of the human mind and the paucity of observational facts. The ...

“We ought then to consider the present state of the universe as the effect of its previous state and as the cause of that which is to follow...

“Systems philosophy brings forth a reorganization of ways of thinking. It creates a new worldview, a new paradigm of perception and explanat...

Ivars Peterson, " The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari ", 1998 ...