“Mathematics is extracted from the physical world but refined by the human mind and then employed in the physical world in ways that are useful to the physical world … Mathematics lies in the human brain,” writes Lebanese Inner Circle, quoting Sir Michael F. Atiyah [1], renowned mathematician and Abel prize winner, in a post about Atiyah's lecture at the American University of Beirut.
Lebanon: Mathematicians took the role of Philosophers
· Written by Moussa Bashir
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