mathematics

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Before Reed Hastings revolutionized the global entertainment business, he sold Rainbow vacuum cleaners door-to-door during his gap year between high school and Bowdoin College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The president said economists are “simply sociologists who know a little bit of mathematics, nothing more,” referring to Velarde after he warned of the downsides of jacking up public worker payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

He won a scholarship to Eton College after attending a state primary school, and studied mathematics at Pembroke College, Oxford.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous: literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics and history.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

“It means the right to have our own opinions. Human problems aren’t like mathematics, Nat. Every problem doesn’t have just one answer; sometimes you get several answers—and you don’t know which is the right one.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham