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Sylvain Bérubé

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Sylvain’s Quotes

“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: mathematics, poetry

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“[When asked why are numbers beautiful?]

It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.”
― Paul Erdos

tags: beautiful, beauty, beethoven, ludwig-van-beethoven, math, mathematics, ninth-symphony, numbers, science, subjective

109 likes

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

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“Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: mathematics

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“I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!”
― Richard P. Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

tags: education, humor, intelligence, mathematics, statistics

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