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Mathematics is a way of keeping track of things and organizing information. It took thousands of years for systems of easily manipulated numbers to be developed.
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
Galileo Galilei
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Hay, W.W. (2016). The Language of Science
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In: Experimenting on a Small Planet. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27404-1_2
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