Quotable Mathematics

"An essential feature of mathematics and statistics, particularly at a higher level, is the use of shorthand notation for a variety of ...

"Experiments usually are looking for 'signals' of truth, and the search is always ham pered by 'noise' of one kind or a...

"All of us learn by experience. Except for pure deductive processes, everything we learn is from someone's experience. All experien...

"[...] for merely theoretical purposes the rule of formation would be very simple. It would merely be to begin by drawing any closed fi...

"Diagrams are of great utility for illustrating certain questions of vital statistics by conveying ideas on the subject through the eye...

"Cautions about combining groups: apples and oranges. In computing an average, be careful about combining groups in which the average f...

" Our science is like a store filled with the most subtle intellectual devices for solving the most complex problems, and yet we are al...

"It is true that every aspect of the roll of dice may be suspect: the dice themselves, the form and texture of the surface, the person ...

"Averaging results, whether weighted or not, needs to be done with due caution and commonsense. Even though a measurement has a small q...

"Design problems - generating or discovering alternatives - are complex largely because they involve two spaces, an action space and a ...