Mathematics and the Limits of Human Reason
Kurt Godel said, “Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine.” I think he was right on both counts. Godel was an Austrian-born logician and mathematician whose work primarily in the 1920’s and 1930’s revolutionized our understanding of mathematical knowledge. He is perhaps most famous […]
The Beauty and Truth of Mathematics
Abraham Lincoln read it more than any other book, except the Bible. Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote a poem about its pure and simple beauty. “So, what has that to do with mathematics?” you might ask. The book is Euclid’s Elements—a mathematical treatise that is perhaps the most successful and influential textbook ever written…and it […]
