Is mathematics the grand design for the universe, or merely a figment of the human imagination?
"Mathematics exists only in the mind of the beholder"Baking Bread
Ian Stewart speaks persuavingly about maths and other things such as medicine, plumbing, ballet, football, language and cycling and he generally compares them all against one another and he says that they are 'nor invention of discovery, but a complex context-dependent mix of both'.
It works in with the title as well because its something that is found then turned into different kinds of bread.
I would say that I agree with Stewart here, then again I myself think that mathematics is a figment of the human imagination AND ALSO a grand design for a universe as there are different kinds of maths in the world that we need for different sorts of things. Maths can of course lead to new ideas though and Stewart mainly asks us why maths is so important if it was invented by people ourselves, and that you cant go about maths simple minded because there is allot more to it than meets the eye.
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Yes, i agree with you, Mathematics plays a big part of your imagination because in advanced maths, you have to use your mind to help persaude you that it is right, although people who are not good at maths can be showed these theories but do not believe they are right because they cannot percieve this logic.
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