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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

243 likes

“[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

“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

147 likes

“Understand: the task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible--it's to dismantle those systems.”
― Lierre Keith, The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability

tags: activism, environment, environmentalism, radicalism, vegetarianism

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