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12 hours ago · Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is often characterized as first philosophy, implying that it is more fundamental than other forms of philosophical inquiry. Metaphysics is traditionally is not seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some modern theorists understand ...
12 hours ago · Boethius. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, [6] [note 1] commonly known simply as Boethius ( / boʊˈiːθiəs /; Latin: Boetius; c. 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a ...
12 hours ago · A tiling with squares whose side lengths are successive Fibonacci numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21. In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. Numbers that are part of the Fibonacci sequence are known as Fibonacci numbers, commonly denoted Fn .
12 hours ago · Hajnal Andréka (born 1947), Hungarian researcher in algebraic logic; Annie Dale Biddle Andrews (1885–1940), algebraic geometer, first female PhD from the University of California, Berkeley; Grace Andrews (mathematician) (1869–1951), one of only two women listed in the first edition of American Men of Science
