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Wrapping up integrals

I love wrapping presents. I’d like to say it’s because of the warm glow I have inside from giving a gift to someone else — and that feeling is certainly there to an extent — but I’m sorry to say the main reason is because I like the process of wrapping presents itself.
I like […]

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Maths is not Science

Let me say it again a little more emphatically: Maths is NOT Science. The major difference I want to focus on here is the concept of truth. Things are true in Maths, but they are not in Science.
Let me explain. As far as I can tell, Science is about coming up with models that explain […]

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