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Knowledge in all physical sciences — astronomy, physics, chemistry — is based on observation. But observation can only ascertain what is. How can we predict what will be? To that end observation must be combined with mathematics.
This is the transcript of a radio talk broadcast by Hermann Weyl in the intermission program of the New York Philharmonic Symphony on 23 February 1947. According to Weyl, it is a contemplative analysis, not a narrative. Ed.
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Chandrasekharan, K. (1988). Mathematics and the laws of nature. In: Chandrasekharan, K. (eds) Riemanns geometrische Ideen, ihre Auswirkung und ihre Verknüpfung mit der Gruppentheorie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73870-8_8
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