Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions.

  • -- Felix Klein 菲利克斯·克莱恩

每个人都知道曲线是什么,直到他学习了足够多的数学知识,对无数可能的例外感到困惑。

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Whenever I design any variant, or when anybody sends me one, I always say if at all possible within the context of the game don't have two home supply centers touching each other.

无论何时我设计任何变体,或当有人发送给我一个变体时,我总是在游戏中说如果可能的话不要让两个家庭供应中心互相接触。

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media.

我认为每个人都对他们从媒体上得到的信息感到困惑,这是正确的。我对我从媒体上得到的信息感到困惑。

For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?

对于学者和门外汉来说,只有数学本身的积极经验,而不是哲学,才能回答这个问题:什么是数学?

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

在数学中,提出问题的艺术必须比解决问题更有价值。

The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

第一次世界大战证明了世界是多么混乱。抑郁症再次证明了这一点。

I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.

我科学地设计我的音乐,使之尽可能地易于理解。