1) Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) said, "The universe cannot be read until we have learned the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and the letters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which means it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word. Without these, one is wandering about in a dark labyrinth".
2)Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) referred to mathematics as "the queen of sciences".
3)The mathematician Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880) called the discipline, "the science that draws necessary conclusions".
4)David Hilbert said of it: "We are not speaking here of arbitrariness in any sense. Mathematics is not like a game whose tasks are determined by arbitrarily stipulated rules. Rather, it is a conceptual system possessing internal necessity that can only be so and by no means otherwise."
5)Albert Einstein (1879–1955) stated that "as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality".
Modern Mathematics is Cool
Nobody can live without Math.....
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
What is math actually??
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity. The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry. However, mathematical proofs are less formal and painstaking than proofs in mathematical logic. Since the pioneering work of Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), David Hilbert (1862–1943), and others on axiomatic systems in the late 19th century, it has become customary to view mathematical research as establishing truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions. When those mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, then mathematical reasoning often provides insight or predictions.
Through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist. Rigorous arguments first appeared in Greek mathematics, most notably in Euclid's Elements. Mathematics developed at a relatively slow pace until the Renaissance, when mathematical innovations interacting with new scientific discoveries led to a rapid increase in the rate of mathematical discovery that continues to the present day.
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Saturday, 25 February 2012
Funny Math Jokes
How is the moon like a dollar?
They both have 4 quarters.
What is alive and has only 1 foot?
A leg.
When do giraffes have 8 feet?
When there are two of them.
What is the difference between a new penny and an old quarter?
24 cents.
If there were 9 cats on a bridge and one jumped over the edge, how many would be left?
None - they are copycats.
When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
Your fingers.
It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it?
The letter 'e'.
What did one math book say to the other math book?
Wow, have I got problems!
xx,5KN
They both have 4 quarters.
What is alive and has only 1 foot?
A leg.
When do giraffes have 8 feet?
When there are two of them.
What is the difference between a new penny and an old quarter?
24 cents.
If there were 9 cats on a bridge and one jumped over the edge, how many would be left?
None - they are copycats.
When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
Your fingers.
It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it?
The letter 'e'.
What did one math book say to the other math book?
Wow, have I got problems!
xx,5KN
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
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