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How Does Mathematics Know What Is True? | The Mathematics of Mathematics
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How does mathematics know what is true? Settle into The Mathematics of Mathematics, a thoughtful sleep story for adults exploring the history of mathematics, the nature of mathematical proof, and the remarkable ways people have tried to establish what is true. We begin with a small Babylonian clay tablet holding a remarkably accurate answer for the diagonal of a square. From this ancient…