Relations between pure and applied mathematicians are based on trust and
understanding. Namely, pure mathematicians do not trust applied
mathematicians, and applied mathematicians do not understand pure
mathematicians.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Fortune Quote #1306
To mathematicians, solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists,
solutions are things that are still all mixed up.
solutions are things that are still all mixed up.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Fortune Quote #1305
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than
about 10^12 to 1. -- Ernest Rutherford
about 10^12 to 1. -- Ernest Rutherford
Friday, February 26, 2016
Fortune Quote #1304
With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles
closer to globular cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules, and still
there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing
as progress. -- Ransom K. Ferm
closer to globular cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules, and still
there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing
as progress. -- Ransom K. Ferm
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Fortune Quote #1303
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute.
But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute -- and it's longer than any
hour. That's relativity. -- Albert Einstein
But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute -- and it's longer than any
hour. That's relativity. -- Albert Einstein
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Fortune Quote #1300
We warn the reader in advance that the proof presented here depends on a
clever but highly unmotivated trick. -- Howard Anton, "Elementary
Linear Algebra"
clever but highly unmotivated trick. -- Howard Anton, "Elementary
Linear Algebra"
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Fortune Quote #1298
We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to his own
facts. -- Patrick Moynihan
facts. -- Patrick Moynihan
Friday, February 19, 2016
Fortune Quote #1297
We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides
us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own
feeling is that it is not crazy enough. -- Niels Bohr
us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own
feeling is that it is not crazy enough. -- Niels Bohr
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Fortune Quote #1296
Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two,
opulence is when you have three -- and paradise is when you have
none. -- Doug Larson
opulence is when you have three -- and paradise is when you have
none. -- Doug Larson
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Fortune Quote #1295
Understanding is always the understanding of a smaller problem in relation
to a bigger problem. -- P.D. Ouspensky
to a bigger problem. -- P.D. Ouspensky
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Fortune Quote #1294
Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what
we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. --
Bertrand Russell
we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. --
Bertrand Russell
Monday, February 15, 2016
Fortune Quote #1293
"This isn't true in practice -- what we've missed out is Stradivarius's
constant." And then the aside: "For those of you who don't know, that's
been called by others the fiddle factor..." -- From a 1B Electrical
Engineering lecture.
constant." And then the aside: "For those of you who don't know, that's
been called by others the fiddle factor..." -- From a 1B Electrical
Engineering lecture.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Fortune Quote #1292
This is the theory that Jack built. This is the flaw that lay in the
theory that Jack built. This is the palpable verbal haze that hid the flaw
that lay in...
theory that Jack built. This is the palpable verbal haze that hid the flaw
that lay in...
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Fortune Quote #1291
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're
talking about. -- John von Neumann
talking about. -- John von Neumann
Friday, February 12, 2016
Fortune Quote #1290
There is no opinion so absurd that some philosopher will not express
it. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Ad familiares"
it. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Ad familiares"
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Fortune Quote #1289
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be
done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. -- E. Hubbard
done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. -- E. Hubbard
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Fortune Quote #1288
The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and
stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Fortune Quote #1287
The subspace W inherits the other 8 properties of V. And there aren't
even any property taxes. -- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b
even any property taxes. -- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b
Monday, February 8, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Fortune Quote #1285
The solution of problems is the most characteristic and peculiar sort of
voluntary thinking. -- William James
voluntary thinking. -- William James
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Fortune Quote #1284
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and
tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will
have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy... neither its pipes nor its
theories will hold water.
tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will
have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy... neither its pipes nor its
theories will hold water.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Fortune Quote #1283
The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the `social
sciences' is: some do, some don't. -- Ernest Rutherford
sciences' is: some do, some don't. -- Ernest Rutherford
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Fortune Quote #1281
The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is
to build better mice.
to build better mice.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Fortune Quote #1280
The function of the expert is not to be more right than other people, but
to be wrong for more sophisticated reasons. -- Dr. David Butler,
British psephologist
to be wrong for more sophisticated reasons. -- Dr. David Butler,
British psephologist
Monday, February 1, 2016
Fortune Quote #1279
The laws of population growth tell us that approximately half the people
who were ever born in the history of the world are now dead. There is
therefore a 0.5 probability that this message is being read by a
corpse. -- John W. Campbell
who were ever born in the history of the world are now dead. There is
therefore a 0.5 probability that this message is being read by a
corpse. -- John W. Campbell
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