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数学
Math
The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties.
元素，如果按照它们的原子量排列，表现出明显的周期性。
I finished all the math books by third grade and most of the reading books. So I was considered disruptive.
我在三年级的时候完成了所有的数学书和大部分的阅读书。所以我被认为是破坏性的。
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
数学的本质不是把简单的事情复杂化，而是把复杂的事情简单化。
Math was my worst subject because I could never persuade the teacher that my answers were meant ironically.
数学是我最糟糕的科目，因为我永远无法说服老师我的答案是讽刺意味的。
Mathematics possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
数学不仅拥有真理，而且拥有至高无上的美——一种冰冷而严峻的美，就像雕塑一样。
Geometry is that part of universal mechanics which accurately proposes and demonstrates the art of measuring.
几何是宇宙力学的一部分，它精确地提出和展示了测量的艺术。
I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.
我喜欢数学——那是我最喜欢的科目——我对天文学和物理科学非常感兴趣。
The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.
一个好的数学问题的定义是它产生的数学，而不是问题本身。
The longer mathematics lives the more abstract - and therefore, possibly also the more practical - it becomes.
数学存在的时间越长，它就变得越抽象，因此也可能变得越实用。
Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not.
当埃斯库罗斯被遗忘时，阿基米德将被记住，因为语言会消亡，而数学思想不会。
Its a mathematical fact that two negatives make a positive so even under adverse circumstances think positively.
这是一个数学事实，负负得正，所以即使在不利的情况下也要积极思考。
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.
欧几里得告诉我，没有假设就没有证据。因此，在任何论证中，都要检验假设。
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The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order symmetry and limitations; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.
数学科学尤其表现出顺序对称性和局限性;这些都是美的最伟大的形式。
A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
数学家就像画家或诗人一样，是图案的制造者。如果说他的模式比他们的更持久，那是因为它们是由思想构成的。
Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.
纯粹的数学家只是喜欢尝试未解决的问题——他们喜欢挑战。
If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!
要使数学得到广泛的理解，我们需要强调它的优雅及其应用。有时候，大学似乎想强调这是多么困难!
Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.
学生们从来不认为这可能是老师的错，所以我认为我是愚蠢的。我很沮丧，回家后会哭，因为我做不到。然后我们有了一位新老师，他让数学变得触手可及。这让一切都不一样了，我明白了是你表达的方式让它变得可怕或友好。
One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.
可以想象，最终的数学家是一个能在类比之间看到类比的人。