The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
I've always loved maths, so in college when I started engineering, I had applied math and I really liked it, so I overloaded my courses and did two degrees.
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.
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes.
As an undergraduate at Columbia, I went to the engineering school. I had a great deal of training in engineering and mathematics as well as subdiversified training. And then I went to the California Institute of Technology to do my Ph.D. in applied math.
Math makes sense when you apply it to projects.
There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world
I like science and mathematics. When I say mathematics, I don't mean algebra or math in that sense, but the mathematics of things.
I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better.
Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics.
I liked art history. Also liked the gender ratio, especially compared to applied math and physics.
