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数学
Math
Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.
数学和音乐是密切相关的。不一定是有意识的，但肯定的。
The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the mean distances.
周期时间的平方彼此之间是平均距离的立方。
It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician. Augustus de Morgan
与数学家周旋相比，求圆的平方要容易得多。 奥古斯都•德•摩根
The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.
数学的研究就像尼罗河一样，开始于细微处，结束于壮丽。
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.
数学家是一个盲人在一个黑暗的房间里寻找一只不在那里的黑猫。
Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
美是第一个考验:丑陋的数学在世界上没有固定的位置。
They say that maths is a language. So how do I order a pizza with extra cheese in maths?
他们说数学是一种语言。那么我怎么才能在数学课上点一个加奶酪的披萨呢?
Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.
元素的某些特性可以由它们的原子量来预测。
God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.
上帝存在是因为数学是一致的，魔鬼存在是因为我们无法证明它。
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?
I found a discarded textbook on calculus in a wastebasket and read it from cover to cover.
我在废纸篓里找到一本被丢弃的微积分课本，从头到尾读了一遍。
I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof.
我不相信费马有证据。我想他骗自己以为他有证据。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.
如果科学推理局限于算术的逻辑过程，我们对物理世界的理解就不会走得太远。人们不妨尝试完全利用概率数学来把握扑克游戏。
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。
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 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。
I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.
我一直擅长数学和科学，我从来没有意识到这是不寻常的或不受欢迎的。
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。