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Introduction To Nature of Mathematics
Introduction To Nature of Mathematics
Galileo Galilei
Nature is considered to be God’s famous work of art. This piece of work by the Divine
providence is the source of inspiration and subject by most artists in creating their own
interpretation of the beauty of nature. The wonders that we can see from our environment is
the source of many discoveries that enlightens the minds of every human soul about the
wonders that engulfs in this precious creation. It is the source of most significant information
that hastens human existence. Further, it is the wonder that no one can ever imagine gives us
the best practices that we can apply in our life.
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The wonderful thing about it also is that it hides many important life ideas that we need
to investigate and discover. We just need to be aware and curious about the things in our
environment and there we can really appreciate its magnificent beauty, wonder and purpose.
Mathematics as a discipline has many concepts and ideas extracted from nature. These
ideas are considered great discoveries which contributed to the development of mathematics as
whole complex system of knowledge.
This course Mathematics in the Modern World will give us the glimpse of the
contemporary knowledge why we need to study Mathematics not just as a requirement for us
to graduate or to pass in school but suggest that we should study and take inspiration for it is
the product of the wonders and beauty of nature. This first part of the course presents the
nature of mathematics and the idea that mathematics is a system of language. Thus, explaining
the importance of mathematics not as a course but more on the idea that it is a tool to
understand and interpret the beauty of our environment.