Ahmed

“He transformed number from a useful tool into the central principle of life. He called his new philosophy µαθηµατικη (mathematics).”
― William Rankin, Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide

“Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”
― Alexander Pope

“But I believe that there is no philosophical highroad in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. We do not find signposts at crossroads, but our own scouts erect them, to help the rest.”
― Max Born

“But we should search for the strange and surprising in the world, not within ourselves! To search within, to think so long and hard about our own selves, would only make us unhappy”
― Orhan Pamuk, The White Castle