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...re be intellectually dishonest if I were not also atheistic in the affairs of the world. ** On being cured of his gastritis, as quoted in [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,91 ...

...ts, 1570 (560x900).jpg|thumb|Sir Henry Billingsley's first English version of ''Euclid's Elements'', 1570.]] ...thirteen books cover [[Euclidean geometry]] and the ancient Greek version of elementary [[number theory]]. The work also includes an algebraic system th ...

...and mysticism intersect in a manner reflected by the following collection of quotations. ...(1914)]]<br />[[#Problems of Mysticism and Its Symbolism (1917)|''Problems of Mysticism and Its Symbolism'' (1917)]]<br />[[#See also|See also]]-[[#Exter ...

...the behavior of the system, or in synthesizing a new system based on a set of specifications. So, for example, Laplace transformation from the {{w|time ...right of all singularities of the kernel function. With the proper change of variables, the Mellin transform can be converted to a two-sided Laplace tra ...

...is also a co-founder of the {{w|Future of Life Institute}} and a supporter of the [[effective altruism]] movement, and has received research grants from ...Mind] Piet Hut (IAS), Mark Alford (WashU), Max Tegmark (MIT), Foundations of Physics 36 (2006) 765-794 ...

...about 8 minutes 17 seconds to travel the average distance from the surface of the Sun to the Earth.]] ...ce and time using c, which also appears in the famous equivalence relation of mass and energy, E = mc². ...

'''{{w|Special relativity}}''' ('''SR''', also known as the special theory of relativity or '''STR''') is the generally accepted and experimentally well- ...[w:Inertial frame of reference|inertial systems]] (non-accelerating frames of reference). ...

...rations and to set forth the general problem of the origin and development of these numerals." ...is difficult... to realize that '''their general acceptance... is a matter of only the last four centuries.'''<!--p. iii--> ...

...le:Whitman at about fifty.jpg|thumb|right|To [[me]] the converging objects of the [[universe]] perpetually flow, [[All]] are written to me, and I must ge ...arranged in the sequence in which they were presented in the final edition of 1892, with some additional material from earlier editions and Whitman's man ...

...ght|The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created ...e set of integers is [[w:Countable set|countably infinite]], while the set of real numbers is [[w:Uncountable set|uncountably infinite]]. ...

...r]] to kings of France, [[w:Henry III of France|Henry III]] and [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]]. ...hment of an equality [equation] and an equality [equation] the resolution of a proportion. ...

...branch of physics involving the study of the electromagnetic force, a type of {{w|fundamental interaction}} that occurs between particles containing an { ...but this was soon explained away as the necessary result of the occurrence of damped oscillations by [[Henri Poincaré|Poincaré]] (1891), by [[w:Vilhelm B ...

...tributions to a number of fields, including [[mathematics]] ([[foundations of mathematics]], [[functional analysis]], [[ergodic theory]], [[geometry]], [ ...rithmetical]] methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of [[sin]].]] ...

...ow by Mary Beale.jpg|thumb|[[Virtue]] is not a mushroom, that springeth up of itself in one [[night]] when we are [[asleep]], or regard it not; but a del ...alculus}}; in particular, for the discovery of the {{w|fundamental theorem of calculus}}. ...

...n the development of calculus both preceded and followed the contributions of these singular individuals. ...The Geometrical Lectures of Isaac Barrow (1914)|''The Geometrical Lectures of Isaac Barrow'' (1914)]]<br />[[#See also|See also]]-[[#External links|Exter ...

...roundings of a supermassive black hole, typical of that found at the heart of many galaxies.]] ...jpg|thumb|A growing black hole, called a quasar, can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist's concept.]] ...

[[File:Roger Penrose-6Nov2005.jpg|thumb|[[Science]] is a great deal more than mindless computation.]] ...physics, [[cosmology]], general relativity, and his musings on the nature of consciousness. ...

...physical theories, as well as described in a more uniform way the workings of the universe at both the supergalactic and subatomic levels. ...res. Almost anyone can hit the side of a barn at forty yards with a charge of buckshot. ...

...any) is an electromagnetic phenomenon, based upon deriving of the [[speed of light]] from his equations. ...s, in the geometrical picture, from the lack of a preferred trivialisation of the bundle. ...

...cist]] with research interests in [[quantum gravity]] and the [[history of science]]. ...rpretation of Mach. And he said you're quite right. I’ve never read a word of Mach. ...