There has been no more revolutionary contribution than the one which the Hindus (Indians) made when they invented ZERO.

The best therapy for emotional blocks to math is the realization that the human race took centuries or millennia to see through the mist of difficulties and paradoxes which instructors now invite us to solve in a few minutes.

Mathematics is the language of size.

It is not enough to show that drug A is better than drug B on the average. One is invited to ask, 'For which people ("& why") is drug A better than drug B, and vice versa? If drug A cures 40% and drug B cures 60%, perhaps the right choice of drug for each person would result in 100% cures.'

Science for the Citizen is ... also written for the large and growing number of adolescents, who realize that they will be the first victims of the new destructive powers of science misapplied.

There is nothing particularly scientific about excessive caution. Science thrives on daring generalizations.

There has been no more revolutionary contribution than the one which the Hindus (Indians) made when they invented ZERO.