Paul Davies (Part 2) - Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?

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Mathematics describes the real world of atoms and acorns, stars and stairs, with remarkable precision. So is mathematics invented by humans just like chisels and hammers and pieces of music? Or is mathematics discovered—always out there, somewhere, like mysterious islands waiting to be found? Whatever mathematics is will help define reality itself.

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Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist and astrobiologist. He is Regents’ Professor of Physics and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University, where he also runs a cancer research project and co-directs a cosmology program. He is also a Visiting Professor of Bioengineering at Imperial College London, a Visiting Professor Physics at the University of New South Wales and a Fellow of University College London. His research ranges from the origin of the universe to the origin of life and the nature of time.

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