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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

"From Fish to Infinity" - the power of abstraction

"From Fish to Infinity"

In this debut New York Times column, mathematician Steven Strogatz
hopes to demystify math... and explain the beauty and power of numbers. He asks questions like, "Where exactly do numbers come from? Did humanity invent them? Or discover them?"

I thought the article might be of interest in light of our discussions about language and art.

1 comment:

  1. Oh, my god! I loved this article! I've been waiting for a column like this to come along for years.
    (My high school math teachers were all hungover football coaches.)

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