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The frequencies of the notes in a scale—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do—sound to us like they're rising in equal steps. But objectively their vibrational frequencies are rising by equal multiples. We perceive pitch logarithmically.

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Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there.

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In mathematics, our freedom lies in the questions we ask — and in how we pursue them — but not in the answers awaiting us.

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Looking at numbers as groups of rocks may seem unusual, but actually it's as old as math itself. The word "calculate" reflects that legacy - it comes from the Latin word calculus, meaning a pebble used for counting. To enjoy working with numbers you don't have to be Einstein (German for "one stone"), but it might help to have rocks in your head.

Steven Strogatz

Steven Strogatz

Steven Strogatz

Born: August 13, 1959 (age 66)

Bio: Steven Henry Strogatz is an American mathematician and the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University.

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Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos (1994)

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