On 14 January 2014 13:04, Stephen Paul King <stephe...@provensecure.com>wrote:
> Dear LizR, > > What would happen is mathematics did not amazingly match up with the > patterns of phenomena of the physical world? Think about it. We expect a > model of a system to match that system as best possible, so what is magical > about symbolic representational systems that obey rules? > The "magical thing" is that it isn't a model of the real world, but nevertheless, models of the real world can be built using it. > I somehow miss the amazement. Maybe because I have to actually study and > understand the most arcane math ever imagined... > I can see that would help. > > Try this! > http://www.futuretg.com/FTHumanEvolutionCourse/FTFreeLearningKits/01-MA-Mathematics,%20Economics%20and%20Preparation%20for%20University/001-MA01-HI00-High%20School%20Mathematics,%20Preparation%20and%20Recreational%20Science/13%20-%20Recreational%20Science/D.E.Littlewood%20-%20The%20Skeleton%20Key%20of%20Mathematics%5BHarper,%20136p%5D.pdf > > I don't have time to read books very often. If you can give some examples that illustrate your point, that would be helpful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
