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A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration.

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We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write.

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I don't believe in mathematics.

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Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?

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That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent from the fact that, since Aristotle, it has been unable to advance a step, and thus to all appearance has reached its completion.

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One can't believe impossible things.

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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

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It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present to witness it.

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"Can you do Addition?" the White Queen said. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count." "She can't do Addition," the Red Queen interrupted.

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He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.

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I am ill at these numbers.

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Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

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But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.

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Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them.

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I had a feeling once about mathematics - that I saw it all... but it was after dinner and I let it go.

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The Prussian Academy of Sciences is a fast-track academic institute that requires a proactive, hands-on-type individual to overthrow the Newtonian conception of the universe. The successful candidate will have an excellent command of mass, energy, space, time and some maths. Bonus paid upon completion of proofs

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Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I can bear it.

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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

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To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.

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