There is something slightly unsettling about the way you are reading these words. You probably feel as though your eyes are looking directly at a screen, your brain is observing the letters, and somewhere inside your head the meaning is being understood. But your brain has never seen this screen. It has never seen a …
Fun fact: Ancient Babylonians were solving quadratic equations nearly 4,000 years ago—long before anyone had heard of algebra. Is math real, or just a language we made up to make sense of the universe? It’s a question that has sparked late-night debates in dorm rooms, inspired philosophers to scribble furious notes, and made many students …