Richard A. Falk Quotes About Science

Quotes about: Science

• When Daniel Gorenstein was chair, he did mathematics from 5am to 12noon, spending the second half of his working day on administration. When I was chair, I also spent half of my time on research: every other minute.

  Richard A. Falk

  Science, Research, Half

• When I told my son that I had to give a talk about my work to non-mathematicians, he warned me that regular people don't think like mathematicians.

  Richard A. Falk

  Son, Science, Thinking

• When I told my mother that I have to give a talk, and was debating what could I possibly say to non-mathematicians, she said: "You got what to wear?".

  Richard A. Falk

  Mother, Science, Giving

• The Method of Bisection is a sophisticated version of a tool used in fifth grade called "Guess and Check".

  Richard A. Falk

  Science, Tools, Fifth Grade

• I once got a call from a bank, asking me to compute a mortgage, since their computers were down. This was a very depressing moment.

  Richard A. Falk

  Depressing, Science, Asking

• I don't like to end my talk with a 700 million dollar loss, even if it shows the importance of Numerical Analysis.

  Richard A. Falk

  Science, Loss, Dollars

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