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'''''"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences"''''' is the title of an article published in 1960 by [[Physics|physicist]] and [[mathematician]] [[Eugene Wigner]]. | '''''"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences"''''' is the title of an article published in 1960 by [[Physics|physicist]] and [[mathematician]] [[Eugene Wigner]]. | ||
| − | + | He wrote the paper in his later life, when he had become more philosophical. | |
| − | + | In the paper, Wigner observes that the mathematical structure of a physical theory often points the way to further advances in that theory and even to empirical predictions. | |
''The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences'' is Wigner's best-known work outside of technical mathematics and physics. | ''The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences'' is Wigner's best-known work outside of technical mathematics and physics. | ||
Revision as of 07:05, 24 August 2015
"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" is the title of an article published in 1960 by physicist and mathematician Eugene Wigner.
He wrote the paper in his later life, when he had become more philosophical.
In the paper, Wigner observes that the mathematical structure of a physical theory often points the way to further advances in that theory and even to empirical predictions.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences is Wigner's best-known work outside of technical mathematics and physics.
