Content on Mathematics
Living With Unresolved Questions: Reflections on Math and Judaism
How can mathematics and Judaism, hand in hand, help us contemplate the infinite?
Mathematics, Judaism, and Infinity
Beyond its practical applications in the natural world, mathematics also provides a framework for understanding aspects of Judaism.
Truth and Uncertainty in Science and Faith
To apply the approximately correct theories of science, or the contextual facts of mathematics, to the real world truly involves a leap of faith.
Quantum Physics and Reality
Quantum physics and Jewish mysticism both contemplate the part of the universe we cannot readily see.
What Truly “Counts”?
Some numbers have both a deep resonance and evoke memories and emotions, while others are more practical, utilitarian, and precise.
Will Computers Make Religion Obsolete?
Should only human beings make decisions about human beings?
What is Data Science and Where Does Judaism Come In?
How can Judaism help us be a better judge of data science?
Invention or Inspiration? – A Conversation With Larry Lesser, PhD
Dr. Larry Lesser explores the overlap between mathematics and Judaism through a variety of methods, showing us surprising places where the two overlap.
Gersonides And the Limits of Knowledge
Dr. Snezana Lawrence offers a look at the life of Gersonides, a medieval rabbi and mathematician who in many ways was ahead of his time.
Mathematics, Computing, Ethics, and Religion: From Naïve “Contradictions” to Deep Agreement
We need to follow great advice to be independent thinkers.
The Medieval Interfaith History of Mathematics
The story of how modern mathematics developed in the Middle Ages is one of cooperation among people of faiths that are often seen as being in conflict: Catholicism, Judaism and Islam
Does God Live In Another Dimension?
How do we picture an infinite God being with us?
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