Our whole life is a succession of problems that we solve more or less successfully. Our brain has evolved precisely to solve these problems. Problem solving is one of the most characteristic human activities. Mathematics […]
I recently published a post on the beauty of mathematics, and the importance that aesthetic considerations have had in its development. It is perhaps surprising that in a science like physics, which is closer […]
In a previous post we examined how the Einsteinian hypothesis that light was made up of quanta of light went from being a mere hypothesis to a fact, especially after Arthur H. Compton’s experiments on […]
Between 29 June and 7 July 1915, at the invitation of David Hilbert, Einstein gave a series of lectures in Göttingen on General Relativity. At that time, Hilbert was interested in a mathematical formulation for […]
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says that mathematics is the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations. Although it should, a fundamental […]
The Encyclopedia Britannica describes Ernesto Sabato (1911-2011) as a novelist, journalist and essayist; he was also a mathematical physicist, trained at the University of La Plata, and also at the Institut Curie in Paris and […]
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