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![Sarah Williams](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1419302837i/5438774._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“[The Old Astronomer to His Pupil]
Reach me down my Tycho Brahe, I would know him when we meet,
When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet;
He may know the law of all things, yet be ignorant of how
We are working to completion, working on from then to now.
Pray remember that I leave you all my theory complete,
Lacking only certain data for your adding, as is meet,
And remember men will scorn it, 'tis original and true,
And the obloquy of newness may fall bitterly on you.
But, my pupil, as my pupil you have learned the worth of scorn,
You have laughed with me at pity, we have joyed to be forlorn,
What for us are all distractions of men's fellowship and smiles;
What for us the Goddess Pleasure with her meretricious smiles.
You may tell that German College that their honor comes too late,
But they must not waste repentance on the grizzly savant's fate.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
What, my boy, you are not weeping? You should save your eyes for sight;
You will need them, mine observer, yet for many another night.
I leave none but you, my pupil, unto whom my plans are known.
You 'have none but me,' you murmur, and I 'leave you quite alone'?
Well then, kiss me, -- since my mother left her blessing on my brow,
There has been a something wanting in my nature until now;
I can dimly comprehend it, -- that I might have been more kind,
Might have cherished you more wisely, as the one I leave behind.
I 'have never failed in kindness'? No, we lived too high for strife,--
Calmest coldness was the error which has crept into our life;
But your spirit is untainted, I can dedicate you still
To the service of our science: you will further it? you will!
There are certain calculations I should like to make with you,
To be sure that your deductions will be logical and true;
And remember, 'Patience, Patience,' is the watchword of a sage,
Not to-day nor yet to-morrow can complete a perfect age.
I have sown, like Tycho Brahe, that a greater man may reap;
But if none should do my reaping, 'twill disturb me in my sleep
So be careful and be faithful, though, like me, you leave no name;
See, my boy, that nothing turn you to the mere pursuit of fame.
I must say Good-bye, my pupil, for I cannot longer speak;
Draw the curtain back for Venus, ere my vision grows too weak:
It is strange the pearly planet should look red as fiery Mars,--
God will mercifully guide me on my way amongst the stars.”
― Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
Reach me down my Tycho Brahe, I would know him when we meet,
When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet;
He may know the law of all things, yet be ignorant of how
We are working to completion, working on from then to now.
Pray remember that I leave you all my theory complete,
Lacking only certain data for your adding, as is meet,
And remember men will scorn it, 'tis original and true,
And the obloquy of newness may fall bitterly on you.
But, my pupil, as my pupil you have learned the worth of scorn,
You have laughed with me at pity, we have joyed to be forlorn,
What for us are all distractions of men's fellowship and smiles;
What for us the Goddess Pleasure with her meretricious smiles.
You may tell that German College that their honor comes too late,
But they must not waste repentance on the grizzly savant's fate.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
What, my boy, you are not weeping? You should save your eyes for sight;
You will need them, mine observer, yet for many another night.
I leave none but you, my pupil, unto whom my plans are known.
You 'have none but me,' you murmur, and I 'leave you quite alone'?
Well then, kiss me, -- since my mother left her blessing on my brow,
There has been a something wanting in my nature until now;
I can dimly comprehend it, -- that I might have been more kind,
Might have cherished you more wisely, as the one I leave behind.
I 'have never failed in kindness'? No, we lived too high for strife,--
Calmest coldness was the error which has crept into our life;
But your spirit is untainted, I can dedicate you still
To the service of our science: you will further it? you will!
There are certain calculations I should like to make with you,
To be sure that your deductions will be logical and true;
And remember, 'Patience, Patience,' is the watchword of a sage,
Not to-day nor yet to-morrow can complete a perfect age.
I have sown, like Tycho Brahe, that a greater man may reap;
But if none should do my reaping, 'twill disturb me in my sleep
So be careful and be faithful, though, like me, you leave no name;
See, my boy, that nothing turn you to the mere pursuit of fame.
I must say Good-bye, my pupil, for I cannot longer speak;
Draw the curtain back for Venus, ere my vision grows too weak:
It is strange the pearly planet should look red as fiery Mars,--
God will mercifully guide me on my way amongst the stars.”
― Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
![Deepak Chopra](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1400537940i/138207._UX200_CR0,15,200,200_.jpg)
“Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.”
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![G.K. Chesterton](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1365860649i/7014283._UX200_CR0,19,200,200_.jpg)
“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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![Malcolm X](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1185201379i/17435._UX200_CR0,37,200,200_.jpg)
“I'm sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
![Stephenie Meyer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1596739281i/941441._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything.”
― Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]
― Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]
![Roman Payne](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1508982929i/359352._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift to sleep. The giver is that one you think of when you first awake.”
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![Yōko Ogawa](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1526204227i/42775._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid. In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond all the beaten paths. And it’s not always at the top of the mountain. It might be in a crack on the smoothest cliff or somewhere deep in the valley.”
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
![Lord Byron](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1568147647i/44407._UX200_CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.”
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![Bertrand Russell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1457021442i/17854._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg)
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty—a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.”
― A History of Western Philosophy
― A History of Western Philosophy
![Richard P. Feynman](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1498916887i/1429989._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
![Albert Einstein](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1429114964i/9810._UX200_CR0,14,200,200_.jpg)
“Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.”
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![Paul Lockhart](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1379172493i/6421135._UY200_CR13,0,200,200_.jpg)
“It is the story that matters not just the ending.”
― A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
― A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
![Paul Erdős](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1210214343i/438665._UX200_CR0,16,200,200_.jpg)
“[When asked why are numbers beautiful?]
It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.”
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It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.”
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![Werner Heisenberg](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1276676058i/64309._UX200_CR0,58,200,200_.jpg)
“I think that modern physics has definitely decided in favor of Plato. In fact the smallest units of matter are not physical objects in the ordinary sense; they are forms, ideas which can be expressed unambiguously only in mathematical language.”
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![George Pólya](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209227078i/663311._UX200_CR0,9,200,200_.jpg)
“Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper.”
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![Ambrose Bierce](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1183231430i/14403._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion - thus:
Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.
Minor Premise: One man can dig a post-hole in sixty seconds; Therefore-
Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second.
This may be called syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.”
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.
Minor Premise: One man can dig a post-hole in sixty seconds; Therefore-
Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second.
This may be called syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.”
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
![Roger Penrose](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1306053631i/1409._CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.”
― The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
― The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
![G.H. Hardy](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1225555356i/313252._UX200_CR0,17,200,200_.jpg)
“Real mathematics must be justified as art if it can be justified at all.”
― A Mathematician's Apology
― A Mathematician's Apology
![Isaac Asimov](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1341965730i/16667._UX200_CR0,24,200,200_.jpg)
“Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.”
― Prelude to Foundation
― Prelude to Foundation
![John Maynard Keynes](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1244623131i/159357._UX200_CR0,24,200,200_.jpg)
“Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols.”
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![Paul Lockhart](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1379172493i/6421135._UY200_CR13,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.”
― A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
― A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
![Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1265604859i/3034502._UX200_CR0,22,200,200_.jpg)
“[...] provability is a weaker notion than truth”
― Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
― Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
![Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1393555704i/12080._UX200_CR0,34,200,200_.jpg)
“When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics, Art, in the hope that, in the course of a few years, we shall have condensed into our encyclopaedia the net value of all the theories at which the world has yet arrived. But year after year our tables get no completeness, and at last we discover that our curve is a parabola, whose arcs will never meet.”
― Essays
― Essays
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