Daniel J. Evans Quotes

Plus, I was a math and science whiz from my first introduction to the subjects.

I am never satisfied until I can make a mathematical model of what I am studying. If I succeed in making one, I understand. If I cannot, I do not understand.

What I knew was I liked math and science, and I never wanted to memorize everything. I wanted to understand where it came from.

I have degrees in social science, math and physics. Everything but business.

I was very good in all the maths and sciences.

Algebra is the intellectual instrument which has been created for rendering clear the quantitative aspects of the world.

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.

I was a bit of an introvert growing up, and I tended to do better in math and science at school, so I went with it.

I didn't know what kinds of questions to ask in mathematics. In physics, I could see there were things that were known and things that weren't.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

When I came to Harvard, I was debating between math and science, and I guess I thought in the end I wanted something that could connect to the real world. I liked puzzle-solving and connections.

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics.

At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.

Math and science were my favorite subjects besides theater.

I was particularly good at math and science.

What is mathematics? It is only a systematic effort of solving puzzles posed by nature.

I like science and mathematics. When I say mathematics, I don't mean algebra or math in that sense, but the mathematics of things.

Math makes sense when you apply it to projects.

Most students who take math classes aren't going to be mathematicians. They're going to be engineers, statisticians - in many ways, that's the more important mission of math education.

I always like a good math solution to any love problem.

In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They are an analogy for the intellectual of the future.

The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.

With me, everything turns into mathematics.

Mathematics ... is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think at all is to think like a mathematician.