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  • Afterwards, in the course of the nineteenth century, mathematics filled all those “gaps” in Greek mathe - matics, which the Greeks themselves could not or would not close.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • The word mathe seems to be derived from a Marathi word mayat, which is derived from Arabic word, maiyat, which means dead.

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  • The word mathe seems to be derived from a Marathi word mayat, which is derived from Arabic word, maiyat, which means dead.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The word mathe seems to be derived from a Marathi word mayat, which is derived from Arabic word, maiyat, which means dead.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Because such mathematical truths as “the whole is greater than any of its parts” and “twice two is four” are of this kind, the certainty one has of their truth is called mathe - matical certainty; similarly the axioms of metaphysics are said to be metaphysically certain.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas HENRY G. VAN LEEUWEN 1968

  • It was this kind of mathe - matics that suddenly disappeared.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • I included the model of insect segmentation by von Dassow et al. precisely in order to illustrate the value of "cum-bersome, messy, and ... opaque" models, and as a clear contrast with those models that have traditionally been valued (at least by those coming from the mathe-matical sciences) for their streamlined elegance.

    Is Biology Messy? Keller, Evelyn Fox 2003

  • "Reconnoiter in the direction of Hemer, Altena, and Let-mathe, Ernst, and report to me immediately!"

    Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992

  • It fused mathe - matics and mechanics in a manner and to a degree that were unparalleled in any other era, before or after.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • If it is granted that Greek mathematics has been thus circumscribed, it becomes a major task of the history of ideas — and not only of the history of mathe - matics — to determine by what stages of medieval de - velopment, gradual or spontaneous — the inherited mathematics was eventually made receptive to sym - bolic and conceptual innovations during the Renais - sance and after.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

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  • "Now Sc. regional (chiefly north-east., Orkney, and Shetland). A maggot, a grub. Also: an insect egg from which a maggot may hatch." -OED

    September 28, 2010