And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

出于同样的原因，我欣赏数学，因为我不会做数学。如果我要看地图或算出餐馆账单上的小费，我可能会开始流泪。

As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.

当我还是个孩子的时候，我很喜欢做一个浪漫的，波希米亚式的艺术家。我想我可以摆脱数学和拼写的困难。也许我想我应该避免对体制的评判。

I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.

我很幸运在多伦多找到了一个非常棒的数学和应用数学项目。

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

数学可以被定义为这样一门学科:我们永远不知道自己在说什么，也不知道自己所说的是否属实。

Plus, I was a math and science whiz from my first introduction to the subjects.

此外，从我第一次接触这些学科开始，我就是一个数学和科学奇才。

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

数学是不存在的，除非我们把它放在那里。

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case.

对任何物理理论来说，没有比这更公平的命运了:它应该为一种更全面的理论指明道路，在这种理论中，它作为一种极限情况而存在。

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

什么是代数;是那些三角形的东西吗?