The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences. Richard courant lecture in mathematical sciences delivered at New York University, May 11, 1959
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DOI10.1002/cpa.3160130102zbMath0102.00703OpenAlexW2042690899WikidataQ3349460 ScholiaQ3349460MaRDI QIDQ3284599
Publication date: 1960
Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/cpa.3160130102
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