I saw a documentary about how passionate this mathematicians and how they use mathematics to describe abstract things like, truth, existence, thinking, God, nature, and most of all philosophy. I don't really get it.
2007-08-10 10:24:13 · 5 answers · asked by karipap ayam m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Mathematics is art--it is the language with which people may define and understand the universe.
It might take a little longer to appreciate a mathematical concept than it does a Kandinsky print, but eventually you will.
2007-08-10 11:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at a picture of a fractal, you get some idea of the beauty a mathematician sees in his abstract spaces.
"[M]athematics to describe ... truth, existence,..., God,... and ... philosophy..." Give me a break!
2007-08-10 17:33:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tony 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the only perfect science. 2+2=4, perfectly.
2007-08-10 17:28:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a tool. those proficient in it use it everywhere.
its like religion defining creation of universe, or economics defining human behaviour.
My tool: java. I can define whatever you want in it ! :-)
2007-08-10 17:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by hsar30 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they search for symmetry. It is challenging them mentally.
2007-08-10 17:49:22 · answer #5 · answered by Theta40 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋