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

[[File:NASA child bubble exploration.jpg|thumb|The [[symbol]] and the [[metaphor]] are as [[Necessity|necessary]] to [[science]] as to [[poetry]] ...ter of the 1973 BBC television documentary series, ''[[w:The Ascent of Man|The Ascent of Man]]''. ...

...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) ...

=== ''Diophantos of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek Algebra'' (1885) === ...e can only congratulate ourselves that so much of his work has survived to the present day.<!--Historical Introduction, p.17--> ...

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

...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. ..., who is not purged himself by private meditations with his God?'''<!--"To the King" (James VI of Scotland)--> ...

...porary of [[Isaac Newton|Newton]] and one of the greatest intellectuals of the early renaissance of [[mathematics]]. ...e study of Mathematicks was at that time more cultivated in London than in the universities. ...

[[Image:Plimpton 322.jpg|thumb|right|The Babylonian mathematical tablet Plimpton 322, dated to 1800 BC.]] ...ser extent, an investigation into the mathematical methods and notation of the past. ...

[[File:Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy.jpg |thumb|right|Truth is [[strong]] enough to overcome [[File:Rainy-Clouds-On-Gili.jpg|thumb|The truth does not please everyone ~ Justinus Bonaventura Pranaitis ]]] ...