The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
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essay
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Eugene_Wigner
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| gptkbp:citation |
numerous scientific and philosophical works
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| gptkbp:explores |
the relationship between mathematics and the natural sciences
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:logic
discussions on the applicability of mathematics |
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English
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The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve.
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1960
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gptkb:Communications_on_Pure_and_Applied_Mathematics
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| gptkbp:topic |
gptkb:mathematics
philosophy of science physics |
| gptkbp:type |
why mathematics is so effective in describing physical reality
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Richard_Wesley_Hamming
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5
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