On 14 January 2014 13:04, Stephen Paul King <[email protected]>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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
