"Here is a quilted book about mathematical practice, each patch wonderfully prepared. Part invitation to number theory, part autobiography, part sociology of mathematical training, Mathematics without Apologies brings us into contemporary mathematics as a living, active inquiry by real people. Anyone wanting a varied, cultured, and penetrating view of today's mathematics could find no better place to engage."

-- Peter Galison

#Real Quotes #Book Quotes #Apology Quotes

“The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.”
“An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions...”
“Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's tune to which we dance on the brink of the abyss, the siren's melody that destroys our senses and paralyzes our wills.”
“In small towns as well as large, good people outnumber bad people by 100 to 1. In big towns the 100 are nervous. But in small towns, it's the one.”
“There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.”
“Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.”
“We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force - virtue is subject to negotiation, and is found in working together with others to find mutually satisfactory solutions. Good is not absolute, it is an emergent property that arises from successful networks of individuals. It is also something that is measured by evidence: we look at the good that people do, not the promises that they make and never keep, or the lies that dovetail nicely into dogma. Competence is a virtue. Intent is meaningless without action.”
“I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.”

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