Mathematics Quotes - Page 2

A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped.
Irving Langmuir (1962). “The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir: Langmuir, the man and the scientist, including a biography by Albert Rosenfield”
Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
"The Study of Mathematics" (1902)
A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.
"Infinity and the Mind". Book by Rudy Rucker, 1982.
"Dictionary of Scientific Biography". Book edited by M. Steck, 1970-1990.
Kurt Gödel, S. Feferman (1986). “Kurt Gödel: Collected Works: Volume I: Publications 1929-1936”, p.145, Oxford University Press
"The Armchair Science Reader". Book by Isabel S. Gordon and Sophie Sorkin, 1959.
It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics.
Bruce Schneier (2011). “Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World”, p.8, John Wiley & Sons
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient.
Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.85, Modern Library
Willard Van Orman Quine (1976). “The Ways of Paradox, and Other Essays”, p.22, Harvard University Press