"There are four great sciences ... Of these sciences the gate and key is mathematics, which the saints discovered at the beginning of the world"
Mathematics, the mother of all sciences, is not just a subject or a science. It is in fact a 'language' that helps people, minds, thoughts and cultures all over the world to connect and work in unison for a common target...target that when achieved has the potential to change the very identity of the Universe we are in and the lives we lead.
Even before one gets to know what exactly numbers are in childhood, even before one learns to count, one would have already applied Mathematics in making paper boats and paper aero planes and enjoyed the splendour of Mathematics in floating the boats on water puddles during rainy seasons and irritated one's family members or teachers by whooshing the planes over their heads! Yes, the art of paper folding, i.e. ORIGAMI is Mathematics!
Even though one might be illiterate, one has to have the basic knowledge of addition and subtraction in order to be able to correctly pay the bus fare or buy fruits at the grocery shop. If you say you are an Arts student and you don't require the knowledge of mathematics, ask Shakespeare how he managed to conduct his plays in the specified time interval. Ask the sociologists how do they predict the general behaviour of individuals after an epidemic, question the historian why is it so important to study 'dates', ask Leonardo Da Vinci why are most of his important paintings camouflaging mathematical diagrams, ask Beethoven what is the theory behind his "time signatures'. From determining whether your face is beautiful or not (as shown by the Golden Ratio) or the very shape of the Universe, mathematics is required by one and all.
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