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mathematics

[math-uh-mat-iks] / ˌmæθ əˈmæt ɪks /


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“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics, and other quantitatively demanding fields,” they warned.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

If you think writing out a math calculation with pen and paper is enough to create consciousness, you have far more faith in mathematics than I do.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Hawking could intuit the mathematics that describes the fabric of spacetime, but in that earlier book he sometimes forgot that the rest of us could not do the same, and meandered into distracting mathematical discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

So it’s more a choice about risk tolerance than mathematics.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Fibonacci had learned his mathematics from the Muslims, so he knew about Arabic numerals, including zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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