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We constantly use the word "simplify", but its meaning depends on what you are going to do next, and there is no uniform definition.

— Richard Hamming The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)

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The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers (1962)

The idea that theorems follow from the postulates does not correspond to simple observation.

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics (1980)

Typing is no substitute for thinking.

Are you sure you are not merely "programmed" in life by what by chance events happens to you?

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)

There is simply too much known to continue the older approach of giving detailed results.

Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)

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