A Quote by Norman L. Biggs

The origins of graph theory are humble, even frivolous.

Norman L. Biggs

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Even Frivolous Graph Humble Origins Theory

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Norman L. Biggs
British - Mathematician
Born: January 2, 1941

At the other end of the spectrum is, for example, graph theory, where the basic object, a graph, can be immediately comprehended. One will not get anywhere in graph theory by sitting in an armchair and trying to understand graphs better. Neither is it particularly necessary to read much of the literature before tackling a problem: it is of course helpful to be aware of some of the most important techniques, but the interesting problems tend to be open precisely because the established techniques cannot easily be applied.

Timothy Gowers

Google created the intent graph. Facebook created the social graph. We are creating the emotional graph.

Naveen Tewari

Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to satisfy them. But the case cannot stand if it is the process of satisfying wants that create the wants.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human creations are seen to derive from humble origins and functions, what needs revision is not our esteem for these creations but our notion of nobility.

Robert Nozick

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

Iris Murdoch

If Facebook gets your entire social graph, you don't necessarily want to share everything with your entire social graph. You might wanna parse that social graph. So there's a company called PASS that is a private social network that I personally use for my friends and my family.

Ashton Kutcher

From its humble origins in college dorm rooms, social media has quietly crept into the boardroom.

Ryan Holmes

It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.

Clarence Darrow

Facebook is the social graph with the organizing principle around your friends and your social life. LinkedIn is the professional graph, organized around you, your job, your industry, your title and your function. At Chegg, we are building a student graph centered around you, as a student.

Dan Rosensweig

The special theory of relativity owes its origins to Maxwell's equations of the electromagnetic field.

Albert Einstein

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

Christopher Hitchens

Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president.

Timothy Noah

Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.

Mason Cooley

Facebook has stitched together your social graph. The idea of an interest graph is to bring together everyone that has shared interests. If I can isolate the people who are into mountain biking in Marin, in one place, the ability to put ads against that is really high.

Bill Gurley

The so-called geologic ages are essentially synonymous with the evolutionary theory of origins. The latter is the anti-God conspiracy of Satan himself.