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Quotes from The Mathematical Tourist: New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics — Ivars Peterson

born 1948 Canada

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More often than not, a piece of mathematics worked out years before—and believed to be totally without practical value—finds a role in the “real” world.

The Mathematical Tourist: New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics (1998)

To an increasing number of practitioners, computer simulations rooted in mathematics represent a third way of doing science, alongside theory and experiment.

The Mathematical Tourist: New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics (1998)

As the mathematician Clifford Taubes noted, “Physics is the study of the world, while mathematics is the study of all possible worlds.” Thus, mathematics unveils the infinite possibilities; physics pinpoints the few that structure our universe and our existence.

The Mathematical Tourist: New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ivars Peterson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.