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数学
Math
It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.
这是一个悖论，当我们向质数伸出手时，我们也看到了质数结束的地方。
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。
Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics.
阅读音乐对我来说是一种天生的厌恶。它使音乐像数学一样。
Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering.
数学有很多负面的刻板印象，但它实际上可以是有趣的和令人难以置信的授权。
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
弦的嗡嗡声中有几何，球的间距中有音乐。
And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.
对于数学科学，怀疑其确定性的人需要一剂苦力。
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.
熟悉数和量的概念并不是数学的本质。
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.
数学是根据一些简单的规则进行的游戏，在纸上没有任何意义的标记。
During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.
在麦吉尔大学的几年里，我修了很多数学课程，比其他化学专业的学生都多。
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 fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.
我很幸运在多伦多找到了一个非常棒的数学和应用数学项目。
I dislike math, yet I respect and appreciate the fact that math is the language of the universe.
我不喜欢数学，但我尊重并欣赏数学是宇宙语言这一事实。
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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!
My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set.
我对科学的兴趣从最开始的数学开始，后来在高中早期的化学和众所周知的家庭化学。
Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.
现在的创造性数学家和过去一样，只受他们对对称性、简明性和普遍性的感觉以及对事物适应性的一种无法定义的感觉的指导，他们受到数学艺术的启发，而不是受到任何最终有用的前景的启发。
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.
数学作为人类思维的一种表达方式，反映了人类积极的意志、沉思的理性和对审美完美的渴望。其基本要素是逻辑与直觉、分析与建构、共性与个性。
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。