Galileo, the Italian astronomer, believed the universe's language is mathematics. He used geometrical figures like triangles, circles to interpret it. This is like trying to read a book in a foreign language. If you don't know that language, it's impossible to understand anything!
Imagine you're in China, unable to read Mandarin. You wouldn't understand the signs, menus, or newspapers. Similarly, Galileo claims that without understanding the 'mathematical language,' we can't comprehend the universe.
Eugene Wigner, a theoretical physicist and mathematician, agrees with Galileo. In his essay, he called it a 'miracle' that mathematical concepts can describe physical phenomena with such accuracy.
This is like playing a video game and discovering that you can predict exactly how the enemies will behave because they follow specific rules or patterns. Here, the game's patterns are the mathematical concepts, and the enemies are the physical phenomena.
Wigner identified three 'miraculous coincidences':
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Galileo, the Italian astronomer, believed the universe's language is mathematics. He used geometrical figures like triangles, circles to interpret it. This is like trying to read a book in a foreign language. If you don't know that language, it's impossible to understand anything!
Imagine you're in China, unable to read Mandarin. You wouldn't understand the signs, menus, or newspapers. Similarly, Galileo claims that without understanding the 'mathematical language,' we can't comprehend the universe.
Eugene Wigner, a theoretical physicist and mathematician, agrees with Galileo. In his essay, he called it a 'miracle' that mathematical concepts can describe physical phenomena with such accuracy.
This is like playing a video game and discovering that you can predict exactly how the enemies will behave because they follow specific rules or patterns. Here, the game's patterns are the mathematical concepts, and the enemies are the physical phenomena.
Wigner identified three 'miraculous coincidences':
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