Letter (Astounding, October 1946): But Mathematics—Like the Rules of Chess or Any Other Game—Has No Real Relation to the Actual Universe. FOr Instance, Arithmetic FInds the Ratio of DIameter to CIrcumference Inexpressible. But the Ratio Is Real; It Exists.

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Title: Letter (Astounding, October 1946): But Mathematics—Like the Rules of Chess or Any Other Game—Has No Real Relation to the Actual Universe. FOr Instance, Arithmetic FInds the Ratio of DIameter to CIrcumference Inexpressible. But the Ratio Is Real; It Exists.
Author: Edwin Sigler
Year: 1946
Type: Essays

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Astounding Science Fiction, October 1946 (Unknown, Edwin Sigler, Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.25, 180 pages, digest, MAGAZINE)

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