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Keith Devlin quotes: We mathematicians are used to the fact that our subject is widely misunderstood, perhaps more than any other subject (except perhaps linguistics).

We mathematicians are used to the fact that our subject is widely misunderstood, perhaps more than any other subject (except perhaps linguistics).

Keith Devlin quotes: A PhD in Mathematics is three years of guessing it wrong, plus one week of getting it right and writing a dissertation.

A PhD in Mathematics is three years of guessing it wrong, plus one week of getting it right and writing a dissertation.

Keith Devlin quotes: Calculus works by making visible the infinitesimally small.

Calculus works by making visible the infinitesimally small.

Keith Devlin quotes: The linear-programming was - and is - perhaps the single most important real-life problem.

The linear-programming was - and is - perhaps the single most important real-life problem.

Keith Devlin quotes: Indeed, nowadays no electrical engineer could get along without complex numbers, and neither could anyone working in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics.

Indeed, nowadays no electrical engineer could get along without complex numbers, and neither could anyone working in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics.

Keith Devlin quotes: There can be very little of present-day science and technology that is not dependent on complex numbers in one way or another.

There can be very little of present-day science and technology that is not dependent on complex numbers in one way or another.

Keith Devlin quotes: The whole apparatus of the calculus takes on an entirely different form when developed for the complex numbers.

The whole apparatus of the calculus takes on an entirely different form when developed for the complex numbers.