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...quations, and if one has really a sound [[insight]], one is on a sure line of [[progress]].]] ...Professor of Mathematics]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], a professor of physics at [[w:Florida State University|Florida State University]], and a 1 ...

...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 ...

...t–Tipler conjecture}}, an argument that no intelligent life exists outside of the Solar System. His work has attracted criticism, notably from systems th ...eceived Nov 15, 1979 from Frank J. Tipler, Dept of Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley. Research supported by the {{W|National Science Foun ...

...of the soul. {{w|Neopythagoreanism}} (or neo-Pythagoreanism) was a school of {{w|Hellenistic philosophy}} and {{w|Ancient Roman philosophy}} which reviv ...gality, reduction of essential needs, ease of perception, of movement, and of breath, good color, health, cheerfulness, and immortality. ...

...hematical measure of heredity is the correlation of these organs for pairs of parent and offspring... The word organ here must be taken to include any ch ...tion III: Regression, Heredity and Panmixia", ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series A'', Vol. 187 (1896) p. 259. ...

...ife]] a little above the level of farce and gives it some of the [[grace]] of tragedy.]] ...lowers]] — not by [[logical]] deduction, but by something like a [[sense]] of smell.]] ...

...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 ...

[[File:Erwin Schrödinger (1933).jpg|thumb|[[Nirvana]] is a state of pure [[Joy|blissful]] [[knowledge]]... It has nothing to do with the [[indi ...s particularly well known for original interpretations of the significance of the [[w:wave function|wave function]] and for devising the [[w:Schrödinger' ...

...ike the [[animals]]. Then something happened which unleashed the [[power]] of our [[imagination]]. We [[learned]] to [[talk]] and we learned to [[listen] ...tical Cosmology|Centre for Theoretical Cosmology]] within the [[University of Cambridge]]. ...

...ng]] may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call ''[[intuition]]'' and ''[[ingenuity]]''.] ...r|general-purpose computer]]. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and [[artificial intelligence]]. ...

...d material, e.g., {{w|gematria}}, not discussed by contemporary historians of mathematics. === ''A Short History of Greek Mathematics'' (1884) === ...

...at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, [[w: ...ng of the forces that govern our universe and revealed an inspiring vision of a world that embodies mathematical beauty." ...

...he so-called "[[w:Napier's bones|Napier's bones]]" and made common the use of the [[w:decimal point|decimal point]] in arithmetic and mathematics. ...himself by private meditations with his God?'''<!--"To the King" (James VI of Scotland)--> ...

...mbler]], applying [[w:probability calculus|probability calculus]] to games of chance. <small>[[w:Thomas Bedingfield (d. 1613)|Thomas Bedingfield's]] translation of ''De Consolatione'' (1542)</small> ...

...eynman diagram|Feynman diagram]]s. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. ...ever, but they are not often publicly discussed because of the limitations of specialization.]] ...

[[File:Elmer-pump-heatequation.png|thumb|350px|Visualization of heat transfer in a pump casing, created by solving the [[heat equation]]. [ ...driven {{w|numerical methods}} approximate solutions within a given degree of accuracy. ...

...1973 BBC television documentary series, ''[[w:The Ascent of Man|The Ascent of Man]]''. ...nity]] in the wild variety of [[nature]] — or more exactly, in the variety of our [[experience]].]] ...

...''G. J. Whitrow''', was a British mathematician, cosmologist and historian of science. ...not] a mysterious illusion of the intellect. ..It is an essential feature of the universe. ...

...manual with the cerebral, and of practice, experimentation, and the growth of technology with theory. ...ng; ...Portuguese seamen had clarified many doubts and shown the existence of the [[wiktionary:antipodes#Noun|antipodes]] etc.. ...

...ncealed beneath a mass of technical considerations in the extant treatises of his time.<!--<ref>Note; this introduction, other than its first sentence, i ...'''it is the only way in which a real comprehension of the general upshot of mechanics is to be attained.'''<!--pp. vii-viii--> ...