A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
数学
Math
But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched by the same madness and genius.
但数学是艺术的姐妹，也是艺术的仆人，同样被疯狂和天才所感动。
In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.
在物理科学的每一个部门中，科学的数量，确切地说是数学的数量，是有限的。
I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.
我的数学从来没有学好过——我似乎从来没有说服老师我的答案不是字面意思。
Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard.
数学上的发现，就像树林里春天的紫罗兰，有自己的季节，没有人能加快或延缓。
The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it.
数学最让人痛苦的事情是，你学了数学之后，离能用它还有多远。
The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
最伟大的数学家，如阿基米德、牛顿和高斯，总是平等地统一理论和应用。
I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.
我很幸运地成长在一个中产阶级家庭，父母都很勤奋，他们喜欢阅读和数学。
Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
数学可以说是一种感性的逻辑，它与哲学的关系就像艺术、音乐和造型艺术与诗歌的关系一样。
My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that.
我母亲是经济学教授。我精通数学、统计学、博弈论、符号逻辑等等。
In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize...only be sure always to call it please ‘research’.
他用一句话告诉我数学成功的秘诀:抄袭……只是一定要叫它“研究”。
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
我们可能总是相信，代数是不好的代数，它不能被翻译成好的英语和健全的常识。
Mathematics is thought moving in the sphere of complete abstraction from any particular instance of what it is talking about.
数学是思想在一个完全抽象的范围内运动，从它所讨论的任何一个特定的实例出发。
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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!
One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
数学最令人惊奇的事情之一是，做数学的人通常对应用不感兴趣，因为数学本身就是一种美丽的艺术形式。它是结构和模式，这是我们喜欢的，这是我们开始的地方。
Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered.
数学水平是通往许多学生可能从未考虑过的令人难以置信的职业的大门。
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。
What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration?
到底是什么给了我们优雅的感觉?
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。