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Post by Admin on Sept 1, 2019 21:18:29 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 2, 2019 8:23:59 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 2, 2019 8:35:54 GMT
Mathematical Models and Reality - a Constructivist Perspective citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.539.6057&rep=rep1&type=pdfDoes mathematics explain reality? www.quora.com/Does-mathematics-explain-realityMathematics & Reality Raymond Tallis on maths’ unreasonable effectiveness. philosophynow.org/issues/102/Mathematics_and_RealityLogicomix Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth is a graphic novel about the foundational quest in mathematics - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_mathematics#Foundational_crisisSet between the late 19th century and the present day, the graphic novel Logicomix is based on the story of the so-called "foundational quest" in mathematics. "Logicomix intertwines the philosophical struggles with the characters' own personal turmoil. These are in turn played out just upstage of the momentous historical events of the era and the ideological battles which gave rise to them. The narrator of the story is Bertrand Russell, who stands as an icon of many of these themes: a deeply sensitive and introspective man, Russell was not just a philosopher and pacifist, he was also one of the prominent figures in the foundational quest. Russell's life story, depicted by Logicomix, is itself a journey through the goals and struggles, and triumph and tragedy shared by many great thinkers of the 20th century: Georg Cantor, Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. Moore, Alfred North Whitehead, David Hilbert, Gottlob Frege, Henri Poincaré, Kurt Gödel, and Alan Turing. A parallel tale, set in present-day Athens, records the creators’ disagreement on the meaning of the story, thus setting in relief the foundational quest as a quintessentially modern adventure. It is on the one hand a tragedy of the hubris of rationalism, which descends inextricably on madness, and on the other an origin myth of the computer." www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpWrtXyEAN0
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Post by Admin on Sept 2, 2019 9:45:02 GMT
Georg Cantor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_CantorInfinity did not drive Cantor crazy. thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/infinity-did-not-drive-cantor-crazy/Cantor Was Wrong | There Are No Infinite Sets steve-patterson.com/cantor-wrong-no-infinite-sets/Two Mathematicians Solved a Decades-Old Problem About Infinity with a Breakthrough Proof September 21, 2017 Written by Joanie Faletto curiosity.com/topics/two-mathematicians-solved-a-decades-old-problem-about-infinity-with-a-breakthrough-proof-curiosity/The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Mathematician’s Life Comes To The Movies www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/man-who-knew-infinity-mathematician-s-life-comes-movies/Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable by Brian Clegg "'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy We human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating its nature and complexity - yet it is a concept routinely used by schoolchildren. Exploring the infinite is a journey into paradox. Here is a quantity that turns arithmetic on its head, making it feasible that 1 = 0. Here is a concept that enables us to cram as many extra guests as we like into an already full hotel. Most bizarrely of all, it is quite easy to show that there must be something bigger than infinity - when it surely should be the biggest thing that could possibly be. Brian Clegg takes us on a fascinating tour of that borderland between the extremely large and the ultimate that takes us from Archimedes, counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the latest theories on the physical reality of the infinite. Full of unexpected delights, whether St Augustine contemplating the nature of creation, Newton and Leibniz battling over ownership of calculus, or Cantor struggling to publicise his vision of the transfinite, infinity's fascination is in the way it brings together the everyday and the extraordinary, prosaic daily life and the esoteric. Whether your interest in infinity is mathematical, philosophical, spiritual or just plain curious, this accessible book offers a stimulating and entertaining read." Quote from Amazon
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Post by Admin on Sept 4, 2019 12:28:50 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2019 15:25:17 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2019 15:54:55 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2019 16:33:54 GMT
An exotic physical phenomenon, involving optical waves, synthetic magnetic fields, and time reversal, has been directly observed for the first time, following decades of attempts. The new finding could lead to realizations of what are known as topological phases, and eventually to advances toward fault-tolerant quantum computers, the researchers say. news.mit.edu/2019/aharonov-bohm-effect-physics-observed-0905
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Post by Admin on Sept 7, 2019 10:54:20 GMT
For The First Time, Physicists Have Observed a Giant Magnetic 'Bridge' Between Galaxies FIONA MACDONALD17 MAY 2017 For the first time, scientists have detected evidence of a magnetic field that's associated with the vast intergalactic 'bridge' that links our two nearest galactic neighbours. Known as the Magellanic Bridge, the bridge is a huge stream of neutral gas that stretches some 75,000 light-years between our two neighbouring galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC). Although researchers had predicted it was there, this is the first observation of its magnetic field, and it could help us understand how these vast bridges come to be. "There were hints that this magnetic field might exist, but no one had observed it until now," said lead researcher, Jane Kaczmarek from the University of Sydney. www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-physicists-have-observed-the-giant-magnetic-bridget-that-connects-the-milky-way-to-other-galaxies
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Post by Admin on Sept 7, 2019 17:08:43 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 7, 2019 18:46:15 GMT
Making Millions: A 500-Year-Old Kabbalist's Guide to Conquering Chance Authors: Ken Jeremiah ISBN-10: 1535070269 "Numbers are the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.” –PYTHAGORAS Can Sacred Numerology Really Earn You Money? MAKING MILLIONS: A 500-YEAR-OLD KABBALIST’S GUIDE TO CONQUERING CHANCE is the translation of an anonymous book apparently written to assist readers while selecting numbers that are likely to emerge in lottery drawings worldwide. Some methods were passed down by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535) and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494). Others came from astrologers and alchemists like Rutilio Benincasa (1555-1626), and Zarathustra (c. 660-583 B.C.E.), while some are credited to sibyls, who were said to preside over oracles at such places as Delphi and Dardania in Greece, and Erythrae in Ionia. Alongside the translations are lengthy notes and supplementary information provided by the translator to facilitate readers’ understanding. This first English-language translation (of an exceptionally rare text) will appeal to anyone who plays the lottery, and to anyone who is interested in numerology or ancient religious practices." www.ancient-origins.net/book-reviews/making-millions-500-year-old-kabbalists-guide-conquering-chance-007409
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Post by Admin on Sept 7, 2019 19:01:18 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 8, 2019 6:22:29 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 8, 2019 8:17:28 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 8, 2019 8:21:45 GMT
You weren’t bad at maths — you just weren’t looking at it the right way Mental representations in mathematics medium.com/q-e-d/you-werent-bad-at-maths-you-just-weren-t-looking-at-it-the-right-way-7b11fb0a0982"If maths was nothing more than a sprawling mess of symbols for you at school, take solace in the fact that an enthralling, quite separate universe awaits you. Maths is replete with rich and wonderful mental representations — the kinds that foster understanding and forge connections between ideas. This is the maths that mathematicians fall in love with."
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