It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

  • -- Carl Friedrich Gauss 高斯

诚然,仅仅是数学家的人也有某些特定的缺点,但这并不是数学的过错,因为其他任何排他性的职业也有同样的缺点。

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Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary.

现在,由于受到这样的恩宠,我学会了一些几何学的知识,用其他的东西来理解数学的艺术,我使他高兴,所以我说的话他不会反对。

I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something.

我喜欢在画家、数学家、心理学家中间走动,他们能告诉我一些事情。

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

诗歌是数学的一种形式,与文字有着高度严格的联系。

Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

数学家就像经理一样,他们需要的是无需改变的改进。