Who do you think of when you think of "mathematician"? Archimedes, Gauss, Newton, Hua Luogeng, Chen Jingrun, or even Peking University's "God Wei" for whom two steamed buns and a bottle of water are enough... Although the characters are not the same, their images must be similar:

Who do you think of when you think of "mathematician"?

Archimedes , Gauss , Newton , Hua Luogeng , Chen Jingrun , or two steamed buns and a bottle of water are enough Peking University " Wei Shen "...

Although the characters are not the same , but the image must be similar: smart, rigorous, rational, immersed in his own world all day long, as if he is incompatible with the real world.

In fact, mathematicians are not all rigid, they are just too focused. For example, Descartes, the father of analytic geometry, wrote the "Formula of Love Functions" and left behind the famous phrase "I think, therefore I am." I have to say that if mathematicians are romantic, they are really unrivaled!

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In fact, mathematics is not so profound and obscure, it has already penetrated around us in different ways.

Daily life is inseparable from numbers

How much does a watermelon weigh? How tall is a person? How many bowls of rice can you eat in one meal? How many hours can you sleep a day? What day is it today? How many days until your birthday? ...

Our lives have long been inseparable from numbers, and numbers are the most basic existence of mathematics. Initially wanting to know the quantity of something may simply involve substituting an equal quantity of another item. For example: if there is a sheep, place a pebble, and after one day draw a line on the wall...it is not until the final answer is needed that each number has its own name. As the number of items increases, the numbers become more and more Bigger and bigger, to infinity.

Reference comparison is inseparable from average & statistics

This apple is bigger, that book is more expensive, this time the grades are better...

The average score of each class in a middle school, the average height table of my country's teenagers, the average income ranking of various industries...

No matter how high or low one is, comparison is indispensable for people in the arena. But for common things, everyone has a rough standard in mind. For example, no matter how big an apple is, it will not be heavier than a watermelon, and no matter how fat a baby is, it will not be heavier than a primary school student. This is because we form concepts in our minds by constantly counting individual data and then finding the average.

Mathematics & Geometry can also create perfect art

The growth of branches and leaves, the number of petals, and the cross-section of fruits in nature all follow the Fibonacci sequence . home decoration ceramic tiles, wallpapers, decorative paintings, a certain shape according to certain rules, using translation, rotation, reflection and other methods to create various patterns, which is very beautiful. Golden rectangular cutting produces the golden ratio, which is used in various fields such as architecture and art.

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If the objects created by human beings are clever and flexible use of mathematical theory, then how do plants and snowflakes in nature grasp this law? Could it be said that mathematics is like the poem by Tsangyang Gyatso, " Whether you see it or not, it is there."

Chinese translation Lingxi·Think Like series "Thinking Like a Scientist" has published a total of four books , in addition to economists, psychologists, philosophers and mathematicians. The authors are Professor Anne Rooney, PhD, Trinity College, Cambridge University, UK. It's really amazing that one person can write a book across four major categories. The book

also contains topics such as "Is infinity useful?" "Will the epidemic kill us all?" "Where are the aliens?" "Should we believe statistics?" "Are the numbers getting out of control?" etc. It is an interesting topic. The author uses mathematical knowledge to answer it. Friends who are interested can take a look.