What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED Adult Non-fiction. Pure Mathematics is completely imaginary, but is Isomorphic with the physical world in some cases. Could be a book on teaching math or physics, or a book on an abstract math subject like groups or infinities. Read 2019-2021. [s]
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Oct 12, 2021 04:55PM
The key quote in this book is that mathematics is completely imaginary, but is isomorphic with the physical world in some cases - which makes it useful. I read this sometime in the last 1-2 Covid-19 groundhog-day years. The specific word isomorphic stuck in my head. It could be part of the series of books that talk about why teaching math as anything but a creative activity is a mistake or a physics book.
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Kris wrote: "Randy, is this book written for adults?I added a few details to the header/ topic title. Feel free to edit."
I have to believe the book was written for adults - in the popular math or teaching math category.
Reminds me of the article "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unr..."A different response, advocated by physicist Max Tegmark, is that physics is so successfully described by mathematics because the physical world is completely mathematical, isomorphic to a mathematical structure, and that we are simply uncovering this bit by bit.[7][13] "
SOLVED: It was lecture #2 from The Great Courses class "The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics" called "Why Mathematics Works so Well in Physics", in which Professor Gimble discusses Tegmark's work. He uses exactly the words that were ringing in my head. I listen to so many audiobooks that I was sure they came from a book. This group helped so much since I went back to all the Tegmark (which I also read and listened to on audio), and found this lecture.
Randy wrote: "The key quote in this book is that mathematics is completely imaginary, but is isomorphic with the physical world in some cases - which makes it useful. I read this sometime in the last 1-2 Covid-1..."Can a moderator move this to the "SOLVED" category?
It will happen eventually, no worries.The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics by Steven Gimbel for the link.
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