Mildred Dresselhaus

The concept of graphene came along in 1947, but nobody paid much attention to it. I was fascinated because it had a linear E versus K while everything else that people were working on at that time had a quadratic dispersion relationship. I wondered why this was and what was so special about it. That was my fascination.

American Scientist

Paul Romer

When somebody discovers something like the quadratic formula or the Pythagorean theorem, the convention in science is that he can't control that idea. He has to give it away. He publishes it. What's rewarded in science is dissemination of ideas.

American Economist

Samantha Bond

Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.

English Actress

Terry Pratchett

I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation.

English Author

Understand 'quadratic' in relation to studying algebra and solving equations.

Learning Context

'Quadratic' often means a variable is squared (multiplied by itself).

Variable Squaring

Recognize 'quadratic' refers to expressions where a number or variable is raised to the power of two.

Algebraic Power

'Quadratic' implies a second-degree polynomial, meaning the highest power of x is 2.

Second Degree

Know that in geometry 'quadratic' can describe something with a square shape.

Square Shapes

In art, 'quadratic' might relate to square forms, reflecting structure and balance.

Visual Arts

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Catching up with...

 See, normally in school, you do things like solve quadratic equations. But you see, when you're using a computer, you can just substitute. You can make it a quartic equation. Make it kind of harder, calculating-wise. Same principles applied -- calculations, harder.

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...

 Let's see what happens if we model this equation on a coordinate grid. Since the formula is quadratic, the relationship between height and time spent in the air has the shape of a parabola.