Quotes About Equations

Bah! Do you know,' the Devil confided, 'not even the best mathematicians on other planets - all far ahead than yours - have solved it? Why, there's a chap on Saturn - he looks something like a mushroom on stilts - who solves partial differential equations mentally; and even he's given up.

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?

Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.

Although in principle we know the equations that govern the whole of biology, we have not been able to reduce the study of human behavior to a branch of applied mathematics.

Equações são mais importantes para mim, pois a política existe para o presente, ao passo que uma equação existe para a eternidade.

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity - Albert Einstein

While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve.

I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found.

completely insane algebraic equations?" "You know us too well." Jess sat down in her

Science without math is religion

The math of quantum mechanics and the math of general relativity, when they confront one another, they are ferocious antagonists and the equations don't work.

The field equations and the whole history of general relativity have been complicated.

Now comes the real magic. In pre-relativistic Newtonian mechanics, momentum is represented by a three-vector given by mass times velocity, . In the world of relativity, we define the four-momentum in an analogous way, as mass times four-velocity:

But the interesting cases are those where the conflict remains obstinately in place however much we ponder the problem. These are the cases where we are tempted to conclude that "intuition cannot be trusted." In these situations we need to improve our intuition, to debug it, but the pressure on us is to abandon intuition and rely on equations instead.

Even the most complex math can be broken into a sequence of trivial steps. Each of these slaves has been trained to complete specific equations in an assembly-line fashion. When taken together, this collective human mind is capable of remarkable feats. Holtzman surveyed the room as if he expected his solvers to give him a resounding cheer. Instead, they studied their work with heavy-lidded eyes, moving through equation after equation with no comprehension of reasons or larger pictures.

SQUARE ROOT AND PLUS AND MINUS SYMBOLS (1525)

CUBIC EQUATIONS AND COMPLEX NUMBERS (1530-1540)

ANALYTIC GEOMETRY (1637)

Laplace's Demon, the hypothetical imp that knows the instantaneous positions and velocities of every particle in the universe, was said to be able to calculate the entire future or past by plugging these values into the equations that express the laws of mechanics and electromagnetism.

Indeed, if a mathematician is asked to justify his interest in complex numbers, he will point, with some indignation, to the many beautiful theorems in the theory of equations, of power series, and of analytic functions in general, which owe their origin to the introduction of complex numbers. The mathematician is not willing to give up his interest in these most beautiful accomplishments of his genius.

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down, but mainly because I don't have an intuitive feeling for equations.

Math-a-chu-setts.