To that aim, there is a new feature in the NY Times, called From Fish to Infinity which hopefully will be an interesting, useful and educational resource. It looks promising as it starts off with a clip from the greatest TV show ever.
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Language of Nature
Richard Feynman once said, "To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature ...If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in." An educated person has always been able to boast of his or her lack of knowledge of mathematics and still be considered educated. I'm not sure that is a good thing, now or especially in the future.
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As the proprietor of the Olympia Cafe in the SNL skit, John Belushi had the same difficulty with numbers as the Sesame Street character. Rather than identify the actual number of items ordered, he counts by repeating the order: cheeborger, cheeborger, cheeborger, cheep, cheep, cheep. Of course, he had the additional problem of the limited menu: “No fries; cheep.” “No coke; pepsi.”
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