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Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
[Issue 120 :: June/July 2017 :: Cartoon]
Gottlob Frege (1848-1925)
Alistair MacFarlane laments the profound disappointment of a master of logic.
[Issue 116 :: October/November 2016 :: Brief Lives]
The Universe Is Made Of Mathematics
Sam Woolfe recounts the mathematical metaphysics of physicist Max Tegmark.
[Issue 113 :: April/May 2016 :: Articles]
Democritus’s Cone
by Sarah Adams
[Issue 104 :: September/October 2014 :: Poetry]
Mathematics & Reality
Raymond Tallis on maths’ unreasonable effectiveness.
[Issue 102 :: May/June 2014 :: Tallis in Wonderland]
The Laws of Belief by Wolfgang Spohn
Richard Baron forms some beliefs about Wolfgang Spohn’s book.
[Issue 94 :: January/February 2013 :: Books]
On Points
Raymond Tallis pinpoints the mathematics/reality divide.
[Issue 87 :: November/December 2011 :: Tallis in Wonderland]
Mathematical Knowledge: A Dilemma
Rui Vieira thinks of a number.
[Issue 81 :: October/November 2010 :: Metaphysics]
Poincaré’s Prize by George G. Szpiro
David Dillard-Wright is philosophical about mathematics.
[Issue 75 :: September/October 2009 :: Books]
Pi and the Movie Mind
A number of recent films deal with mathematics and mathematicians. Can we learn something from them or are they misleading? Peter Stone investigates.
[Issue 64 :: November/December 2007 :: Films]
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