Lebanon: Mathematicians took the role of Philosophers

“Mathematics is extracted from the physical world but refined by the human mind and then employed in the physical world in ways that are useful to the physical world … Mathematics lies in the human brain,” writes Lebanese Inner Circle, quoting Sir Michael F. Atiyah, renowned mathematician and Abel prize winner, in a post about Atiyah's lecture at the American University of Beirut.

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