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How Math Has Helped Shape Our Culture

“When I say that mathematics is seen as not having a history, I mean thatmathematical truths are supposedly eternal, they’re unchanging, itdoesn’t matter the context, it doesn’t matter the time, they’re alwaystrue, one and one equals two. It’s been true since the beginning oftime, whether there have been humans or historical figures ormathematicians who knew it or not.” – LongReads
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