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Mathematics is neither physical nor mental, it's social." Reuben Hersh, 1927-

"The useful combinations (in mathematics) are precisely the most beautiful." Henri Poincare, 1854-1912

"Mathematics is the abstract key with turns the lock of the physical universe." John Polkinghorne, 1930 -

"Everything that can be counted does not count. Everything that counts cannot be counted." Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

"The mark of a civilized man is the ability to look at a column of numbers and weep." Berterand Russell, 1872-1970

"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." Paul Erdos, 1913-96

"Mathematics began when it was discovered that a barce of pheasants, and a couple of days have something in common: the number two." Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970

To speak freely, I am convinced that it (mathematics) is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other..." Rene Descaret, 1596-1650

"Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call them 'impressions", and if you got a different "impression", so what, cant' we all be brothers?| Jack Handy 1949-

** Math helps me misunderstand the world: 200 **

Math is one way of understanding the world, for example what is the diameter of the earth or what is the distance between two countries however, math is not the full understanding of our world. If I were to look at the world and see people’s actions, life styles or maybe study the way nature works, the use of math in this situation is at a bare minimum. It is used at a bare minimum because with understanding peoples actions or natural behavior, it only takes observation skills to observe human actions and how they naturally behave. Having a quick look at the basic sciences Physics, and chemistry both require a large percentage of math, human psychology doesn’t require much math. Psychology being the study of human behavior just requires the use of looking into how humans act towards each other, emotions and perception. By looking into those things we can understand each other and see our feelings, feel what we touch, narrow down to an agreement, satisfy a satisfaction we crave for and most of all communication. Although math is a universal language, English and Arabic are other languages that may help us understand each other.

**Option III**
– Define mathematics as an area of knowledge and write a 200 word essay: · describing the definitions you found in your search. · Explaining YOUR choice of definition (yes, it is o.k. to create your own new or hybrid definition) · Give examples (interesting ones) from your life that helps the reader understand your definition and perhaps convinces the reader that your thinking makes sense.

Math is very important to be as an area of knowledge, because a lot of our subjects, jobs and life styles require a certain amount of math. Math is also a main area of knowledge that is required for everyone to learn, so that people may invoke formal mathematical reasoning, understand mathematical proofs, and recognize fallacies in faulty mathematical arguments. Although these expectations are sometimes quiet difficult to achieve people and students alike are still expected to know at least a basic foundation of mathematical thinking. With the learning objectives comes a criteria, the criteria is to be classified into 3 parts. The first part admits that math is not a simple class and should be the main class, which should have most of its effort focused into. The second part states that the student should actively engaged to do any math problem that is given. The third part states that a student in the process should be able to read and write mathematical terms and equations.

As a past experience math is one of the most difficult classes, every student will have there ups and downs in that class. However no matter what the circumstances are the student as the rules say, should be actively engaged and be willing to learn.

**Mathematics and the world** Some major advances in physics, for example, discoveries of elementary particles, have come about through arguments involving the beauty, elegance or symmetry of the underlying mathematics. What does this tell us about the relationship between the natural sciences, mathematics and the natural world? ABDULLAH, ABDULRAHMAN, OSAMA

The natural world has so many connections with the natural sciences, natural sciences helps us understand the world. With simple math we are able to see and calculate how far distances are and how much something costs. With simple math comes an offspring physics, with physics were are able to see the whole universe and unlock many secrets. Natural science being the logical thinking of our world does not explain everything, however with the help of science we are able to keep a clear mind and see the characteristics of our world.

Physics is one of the biggest keys of understanding our world, with physics we are able to see how motion can effect objects. the more force that is applied on the object the larger its impact. scientists also discovered gravity, a force that keeps us on the ground, and with that scientists said that all objects are exerting a force (according to their mass) to the ground with a speed of 9.8m-1. Physics improves our quality of life by improving medical technology (laser surgery, ultrasonic imaging), physics also improves technological devices almost every year cell phones and laptops become more and more advanced, very soon we will be having an all in one device which can do pretty much everything we need. A lot of building that are constructed not only use simple math, but use more physics than standard math. in order to see which material can withstand the weight of other materials, or what purpose the building is. for example if it the building were to be a studio then it would require walls with thick padding. Physics can also be used in a musical matter most instruments have sound boxes which amplify the sound of an instrument for example, Guitar, Violin, cello or any other instrument. many instruments also contain strings and with strings their is a hight amount of tension on the body and head of the instrument. If the material of whatever the instrument is made of cannot apply the same force back in order to even out the pressure of the strings the instrument will just snap into half.

Physics is a beautiful science it is the most complex science known to the human race and we as humans are slowly understanding life and pushing through lifes secrets, however our knowledge now is still a drop of water in a huge ocean.