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Quote: unlike the Euclidean method, the Babylonian idea is to remember enough to work something out or reconstruct what is needed
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What I have called the Babylonian idea is … know that; and I work everything out from … so I can reconstruct it all again. I … to end. I just remember enough all the … put the thing back together again every day'. … [Euclidean] method of always starting from the axioms is not very … In physics we need the Babylonian method, and … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: science as mathematics (26 items)
Topic: mathematics by proofs and refutations (31 items)