Stanislaw Ulam Quotes about Mathematics

Do not lose your faith. A mighty fortress is our mathematics. Mathematics will rise to the challenge, as it always has.

Do not lose your faith. A mighty fortress is our mathematics. Mathematics will rise to the challenge, as it always has.

Challenges, Mathematics, Fortresses

"The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity". Book by Heinz Pagels. Chapter 3, p. 94, 1988.

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

Stanislaw Ulam

Exactly Is, Defining, Mathematics

"Adventures of a Mathematician". Book by Stanislaw Ulam, 3rd edition. Chapter 15: "Random Reflections on Mathematics and Science", p. 273-274, 1991.

In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug.

Stanislaw Ulam

Reality, Mathematics, Mathematical

"Adventures of a Mathematician". Book by Stanislaw Ulam, 3rd edition. Chapter 6: "Transition And Crisis", p. 120, 1991.

It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me.

Stanislaw Ulam

Taken, Mathematics, Possession

"Adventures of a Mathematician" by Stanislaw Ulam, Third Edition, (p. 52), 1991.

Rota's personality is compatible with mine.

Stanislaw Ulam

Science, Personality, Mathematics

Even the simplest calculation in the purest mathematics can have terrible consequences. Without the invention of the infinitesimal calculus most of our technology would have been impossible. Should we say therefore that calculus is bad?

Stanislaw Ulam

Technology, Impossible, Mathematics

"Adventures of a Mathematician" by Stanislaw Ulam, Third Edition, (p. 222), 1991.

Stanislaw Ulam Quotes about Mathematics

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