Revealing the mysteries of mathematics
Introduction In the previous article, we looked at the following periods in the development of mathematics. The Babylonians (ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE) The Egyptians (ca. 3000 BCE to 332 BCE) The Greeks (ca. 6 BCE to 4 CE) Middle Ages, the Islamic Golden Age (ca. 8 CE to 13 CE) We observed how the... Continue Reading →
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. The... Continue Reading →
Compose yourself, Müller, and answer me distinctly. Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had thoroughly read The Areas of Mathematics Explained? Oliver Asks for More by Harold Copping Slowly and fearfully Oliver Twist gets up from his seat and moves toward the object of his fear. He is driven forward by... Continue Reading →
Mathematical Mysteries 