Quotable Mathematics

"It should therewith be remembered that as mathematics studies neutral complexes, mathematical thinking is an organizational process an...

"A machine can handle information; it can calculate, conclude, and choose; it can perform reasonable operations with information. A...

"In all disciplines in which there is systematic knowledge of things with principles, causes, or elements, it arises from a grasp of th...

"When we study the structure of the atom, we shall arrive at the conclusion that it is an immense reservoir of energy solely constitute...

" Mathematics is an exploratory science that seeks to understand every kind of pattern - patterns that occur in nature, patterns invent...

"The function of man’s highest faculty, his reason, consists precisely of the continuous limitation of infinity, the breaking up of inf...

"Nothing is accomplished all at once, and it is one of my great maxims, and one of the most completely verified, that Nature makes no l...

"One of the most fundamental notions in mathematics is that of number. Although the idea of number is basic, the numbers themselves pos...

"Creativity is the heart and soul of mathematics at all levels. The collection of special skills and techniques is only the raw materia...

"Theories of choice are at best approximate and incomplete. One reason for this pessimistic assessment is that choice is a constructive...

"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think." (Georg W F Hegel...

"If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the ...

"Multiple regression, like all statistical techniques based on correlation, has a severe limitation due to the fact that correlation do...

"Man's general way of thinking of the totality, i.e. his general world view, is crucial for overall order of the human mind itself....

"The term chaos is used in a specific sense where it is an inherently random pattern of behaviour generated by fixed inputs into determ...

"[Systems thinking is] A new way to view and mentally frame what we see in the world; a worldview and way of thinking whereby we see th...

"[…] observation is not enough, and it seems to me that in science, as in the arts, there is very little worth having that does not req...

"A mental model can be thought of as an internal picture that affects a leader's actions and relationships with others. Mental mode...

"A commonly accepted principle of systems dynamics is that a quantitative change, beyond a critical point, results in a qualitative...