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  1. 19406

    Like physicists, mathematicians have always been divided into theorists and experimentalists. And, as with the physicists, the two groups of mathematicians have not gotten along very well. Still, in physics, there has always been an understanding that both groups are necessary, whereas during the past century or so, it has been possible to pretend that […]

    By Science News
  2. Math

    Math Lab

    Computers are starting to give mathematicians the lab instrument that they have been missing.

    By Erica Klarreich

  3. 19405

    This article reminded me of the old quote: “A fishing lure is any combination of metal, plastic, wood, feathers, hair, or other manmade or natural material attached to a hook (or hooks) and designed to attract fishermen.”