Differential Equation Quotes

“All the world's a differential equation, and the men and women are merely variables.”
― Ben Orlin, Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World

“How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him to sink or swim for a few years in trying to derive it. That would have been merely an instance of the way great mathematicians since the very beginnings of mathematical research have effortlessly maintained their superiority over ordinary mortals.”
― Clifford A. Truesdell

“It is a beautiful vision that the President of Russia, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, understands the differential between Freedom of the Press and violation of that. West should follow him to learn such insight.”
― Ehsan Sehgal