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...t of the [[w:American Mathematical Society|American Mathematical Society]] from 1975 to 1976. ...erential geometry as surfaces of vanishing mean curvature. In gas dynamics the equation of minimal surfaces,<br> ...

...nd a visiting senior research scholar at [[Princeton University]]. She won the 2019 [[w:Abel Prize|Abel Prize]]. ...s. However, these properties are all unstable under small perturbations of the metric, and are therefore rather misleading to one's intuition. ...

...er things, the first construction of a [[w:Dowker space|Dowker space]] and the first proof of [[w:Nikiel's conjecture|Nikiel's conjecture]]. ...baum|S. Tennenbaum]] and others have shown that that it is consistent with the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory that Souslin's conjecture be either t ...

...|axiom of choice]] are [[w:independence (mathematical logic)|independent]] from [[w:Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory|Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory]], for which he ...re one regards mathematics as a formal game and one is only concerned with the question of consistency. ...

...and professor emeritus at Rutgers University. She was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013. ...ubstance. (Sometimes even the composition of the surface is different from the bulk; this occurs for instance in soapy water having an interface with air. ...

...one of the most interesting. In this case there are two scalar fields and the symmetric space is [[w:SL2(R)|''SL''(2,<math>R</math>)]]/[[w:Circle group|' ...ght non-perturbative string physics within reach. The key discoveries were the recognition of amazing and surprising "dualities." They have taught us that ...

...tephen Covey 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Courage]] is not the absence of [[fear]] but the [[awareness]] that something else is more important.]] ...of the bestselling book, ''[[w:The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People|The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People]]'', as well as other books. ...

...the first popular presentation of the history of mathematics in the United States and his 1928 –1929 ''History of Mathematical Notations'' has been described ...], who had persisted in urging Sylvester to lecture on the modern algebra. The attempt to lecture on this subject led him into new investigations in quant ...

'''[[w:Anthony Zee|Anthony Zee]]''' ({{zh|s=徐一鸿}}, b. 1945) (Zee comes from the [[w:Shanghainese|Shanghainese]] pronunciation of [[wikt:徐|徐]]) is a Chinese ...the recently reported underground muon events from Cygnus X-3. We focus on the violation of various quantum numbers, including electron, muon, and tauon n ...

...scussing a ''secondary'' [[language]] built on the ''primary'' language of the nervous system.]] [[File:John von neumann tomb 2004.jpg|thumb|right|You wake me up early in the [[morning]] to tell me that I'm right? Please wait until I'm [[wrong]].]] ...

...ric model]] for [[w:Censoring (statistics)|censored]] dependent variables, the well-known [[w:Tobit model|Tobit model]]. ...for economic theory, mainly {{w|comparative statics}}, that can be derived from assuming that investors do in fact follow such rules. ...

[[File:Benjamin Peirce 1857.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mathematics]] is the [[science]] which draws [[necessary]] conclusions.]] ...chanics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. He was the father of [[Charles Sanders Peirce]]. ...

...xTheEvergreenStateCollege.png|thumb|right|Weinstein holding a TEDx talk at the Evergreen State College in 2012]] ...ate College protests]]. He is among the people referred to collectively as the "{{w|intellectual dark web}}," a term coined by Weinstein's brother {{w|Eri ...

...y]] (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, [[w:Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Shanghai Jiao Ton ...the fundamental laws of nature, that has transformed our understanding of the forces that govern our universe and revealed an inspiring vision of a world ...

...ing in number theory that I can do, I certainly do it. But you see some of the problems in number theory are enormously difficult and many of these classi ...ight place at the right [[time]]. You should also have an open [[mind]] at the [[Kairos|right time]].]] ...

...t] a mysterious illusion of the intellect. ..It is an essential feature of the universe. ...las Martin, "Gerald J. Whitrow, 87, Author Of Philosophic Tomes on Time" ''The New York Times'' (June 27, 2000) ...

...udy [[abstract algebra]] from an arithmetical viewpoint, and this remained the governing idea for all my later work.'' ...d Hermann Weyl" (Jan. 28, 2008) extended manuscript of a talk presented at the [[Hermann Weyl]] conference in Bielefeld, September 10, 2006. ...

...[[human]] [[life]] a little above the level of farce and gives it some of the [[grace]] of tragedy.]] ...agnetism|electromagnetism]] and the [[w:Weak interaction|weak force]] into the [[w:Electroweak interaction|electroweak force]]. ...

...an or petrifyingly pragmatic. ...[[w:Bjarke Ingels Group|BIG]] operates in the fertile overlap between ...opposites. A [[Pragmatism|pragmatic]] [[utopia]] ...gh an immensity of wasted efforts. ...Good ideas are sometimes resurrected from fossils of past evolutions. ...

...rst [[principle]] is that you must not [[fool]] [[yourself]] – and you are the easiest [[person]] to fool.]] ...s. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. ...