Articles with tag: mathematics
A Thing of Beauty is Joy for Ever
mohammad gill Jul 3, 2009 interacts: 12The beauty of mathematical formulation is such that it provides a solution to some existing problem yet at the same time it is capable of making prediction about some unknown phenomena as well.
Hindu Mathematics – How Original Was It?
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jun 15, 2009 interacts: 297Plofker’s book (Mathematics in India) fulfils an important need in a world where mathematical historiography has been largely shaped by the dominance of the Greco-Christian world view and the Enlightenment period.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mohammad Gill Jun 15, 2007 interacts: 140It is said that Archimedes knew all the mathematics that was developed up to his time and some more. The same is said of Newton and Carl Gauss.
Johannes Kepler – A Mysterious Cosmographist
Mohammad Gill Mar 23, 2007 interacts: 70He lived his life in poverty and misery but he immortalized himself by formulating his three laws of cosmology. He was a humble person who said, “there was nothing I could state that I could not also contradict.”
Finally, I Am Becoming Stupider No More
Abdur Rehman Mustafa Mar 3, 2006 interacts: 14What made Paul Erdos the man he was? Who would, in his right state of mind, give up all worldly pleasures and even necessities to pursue an almost fictitious life of chasing numbers?
Mathematics for All University Students
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 16, 2004 interacts: 11The role of mathematics in science, and society generally, is misunderstood by common folk. Such lack of understanding is also prevalent in educational policy makers
