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Mathematica
Last discussed Aug 25, 2026
A book by French mathematician David Bessis arguing that mathematical progress is driven more by intuition and dreaming than by pure logic, with mathematics serving to verify intuitive leaps.
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Martin Casado
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vs: Mentioned alongside Maxima as early symbolic math software that felt like che...
"I remember the first time I saw Mathematica — I'm like, this stuff is black magic."
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Rory Sutherland
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Used for: Understanding the role of intuition versus logic in problem-solving and innovation
Praised: Argues that logic is used to verify intuitive leaps, not to generate them — a...
"There's a great book by a French mathematician called David Bessis called Mathematica where he argues that very little progress in mathematics is actually made logically. What mathematicians do is use maths to sense-check their dreaming effectively."
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