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Thoughts on Mathematics in Physics:

'Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover'.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Bertrand Russell

'Some things that satisfy the rules of algebra can be interesting to mathematicians even though they don't always represent a real situation.' ...........Richard P. Feynman


Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Nikola Tesla


Mathematics is the only good metaphysics.' ......................................................................................................................................................William Thomson Baron Kelvin'


If there is a God, he's a great mathematician.' .......................................................................................................................................................................Paul Dirac'


The laws of Nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.' ...............................................................................................................................................Euclid'

'The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.' .................................................................................................................................................................Plato


The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.'...................................Aristotle'