Quote of the day by Maria Goeppert Mayer: “Mathematics began to seem too much like puzzle solving. Physics is puzzle solving, too, but of puzzles created by nature, n…

Maria Goeppert Mayer is remembered as one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. She was born in Germany ...
Scientific American

Math and Physics Can’t Prove All Truths

You will never be able to prove every mathematical truth. For me, this incompleteness theorem, discovered by Kurt Gödel, is one of the most incredible results in mathematics. It may not surprise ...
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'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we ...
Princeton University

New lecturers in chemistry, math and physics are helping to make the difference in foundational courses

Sitting in the front row of a "General Chemistry" class at McCosh last fall, tracking questions and taking notes as earnestly as any undergraduate, Ana Mostafavi was a reassuring fixture in one of the ...