“Every advanced industrial country knows that falling behind in science and mathematics means falling behind in commerce and prosperity.”
Gordon Brown
“Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.”
Albert Einstein
“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.”
“But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.”
“One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly disco”
“Adam and Eve are like imaginary number, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it.”
Philip Pullman
“Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics”
Carl Friedrich Gauss
