“This is a wonderful book, unique and engaging. Diaconis and Graham manage to convey the awe and marvels of mathematics, and of magic tricks, especially those that depend fundamentally on mathematical ideas.”

Sometimes a line of mathematical research extending through decades can be thought of as one long conversation in which many mathematicians take part. This is fortunately true at present.

There is an underlying timelessness in the basic conversation that is mathematics.

Mathematical objects are determined by – and understood by – the network of relationships they enjoy with all the other objects of their species.

The proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem underscores how stable mathematics is through the centuries – how mathematics is one of humanity’s long continuous conversations with itself.

They range over many delicious topics, giving us an enchanting personal view of the history and practice of magic, of mathematics, and of the fascinating connection between the two cultures. Magical Mathematics will have an utterly devoted readership.

Because it’s up to the journalist not only to understand what I’m trying to convey, but to convey that understanding through their process.

When a person tells others “Be good,” he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.

If a film has a social message, it is very important for me to know what the message is and how it’s going to be delivered, but it’s not something I look for all the time.

Stories happen to those who tell them.

The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.