Daniel Bernoulli

It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth. Daniel Bernoulli There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician. Daniel Bernoulli  

Daniel J. Bernstein

In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate. Daniel J. Bernstein Just because it’s automatic doesn’t mean it works. Daniel J. Bernstein The average user doesn’t give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it’s fast. Daniel J. Bernstein I thank God for not making [...]

E. T. Bell

Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth. E. T. Bell The longer mathematics lives the more abstract – and therefore, possibly also the more practical – it becomes. E. T. Bell Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions. E. T. Bell Fashion [...]

Isaac Barrow

No man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with that veneration which should be preserved inviolate to him. Isaac Barrow Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth. Isaac Barrow It is safe to make a choice [...]

Stefan Banach

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. Stefan Banach One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies. Stefan Banach A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and [...]

Charles Babbage

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine. Charles Babbage Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius [...]

Archimedes

Eureka! – I have found it! Archimedes Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. Archimedes

Georg Cantor

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it. Georg Cantor The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. Georg Cantor A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One. Georg Cantor I realise that in this undertaking I place myself [...]

Frank Adams

What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel. Frank Adams