study of numbers, measurements, patterns, shapes, equations, relations, functions, change, symmetry, structure, sets and operations modeling of physical phenomena to better understand and predict ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike ...
Quick: what’s 4 + 5? Nine right? Slightly less quick: what’s five plus four? Still nine, right? Okay, let’s wait a few seconds. Bear with me. Feel free to have a quick stretch. You’ve just performed a ...
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