Gian-Carlo Rota Quotes

It is a common public relations gimmick to give the entire credit Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

It is a common public relations gimmick to give the entire credit

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Mathematicians – for what they do – are really poorly rewarded. And Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Mathematicians – for what they do – are really poorly rewarded. And

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Nature imitates mathematics. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Nature imitates mathematics.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on how to Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on how to

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Why is it that Serge Lange’s Linear Algebra, published by no less Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Why is it that Serge Lange’s Linear Algebra, published by no less

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Philosophers and psychiatrists should explain why it is that we mathematicians are Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Philosophers and psychiatrists should explain why it is that we mathematicians are

— Gian-Carlo Rota

The apex of mathematical achievement occurs when two or more fields which Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

The apex of mathematical achievement occurs when two or more fields which

— Gian-Carlo Rota

The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists

— Gian-Carlo Rota

The advice we give others is the advice that we ourselves need. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

The advice we give others is the advice that we ourselves need.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

THE COMPUTER IS JUST AN INSTRUMENT for doing faster what we already Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

THE COMPUTER IS JUST AN INSTRUMENT for doing faster what we already

— Gian-Carlo Rota

There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Very little mathematics has direct applications – though fortunately most of it Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Very little mathematics has direct applications – though fortunately most of it

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Are mathematical ideas invented or discovered? This question has been repeatedly posed Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Are mathematical ideas invented or discovered? This question has been repeatedly posed

— Gian-Carlo Rota

[In mathematics] There are two kinds of mistakes. There are fatal mistakes Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

[In mathematics] There are two kinds of mistakes. There are fatal mistakes

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Combinatorics is an honest subject. No adèles, no sigma-algebras. You count Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Combinatorics is an honest subject. No adèles, no sigma-algebras. You count

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Mathematicians also make terrible salesmen. Physicists can discover the same thing as Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Mathematicians also make terrible salesmen. Physicists can discover the same thing as

— Gian-Carlo Rota

A technique is a trick that works. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

A technique is a trick that works.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

If we have no idea why a statement is true, we can still prove it by induction. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

If we have no idea why a statement is true, we can still prove it by induction.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of “proving theorems.” Is a Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of “proving theorems.” Is a

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Our faith in Mathematics is not likely to wane if we openly Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Our faith in Mathematics is not likely to wane if we openly

— Gian-Carlo Rota

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away

— Gian-Carlo Rota

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite. Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards,

— Gian-Carlo Rota

How did he do it? He must be a genius! Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

How did he do it? He must be a genius!

— Gian-Carlo Rota

A mathematician’s work is mostly a tangle of guesswork, analogy, wishful thinking Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

A mathematician’s work is mostly a tangle of guesswork, analogy, wishful thinking

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Stan Ulam was lazy, … He talked too much … He was self-centered … . He Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Stan Ulam was lazy, … He talked too much … He was self-centered … . He

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Every field has its taboos. In algebraic geometry the taboos are (1) writing Gian-Carlo Rota Picture Quote

Every field has its taboos. In algebraic geometry the taboos are (1) writing

— Gian-Carlo Rota

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