Quotable Mathematics

"[...] despite an objectivity about mathematical results that has no parallel in the world of art, the motivation and standards of crea...

“To be numerate means to be competent, confident, and comfortable with one’s judgements on whether to use mathematics in a particular situat...

“People often feel inept when faced with numerical data. Many of us think that we lack numeracy, the ability to cope with numbers. […] The f...

“The great body of physical science, a great deal of the essential fact of financial science, and endless social and political problems are...