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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

1960 article by theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Eugene Wigner
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

Summary

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences is an academic journal article[1]. It draws 278 Wikipedia views per month (academic_journal_article category, ranking #3 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences authored Eugene Wigner[3].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's instance of is recorded as academic journal article[4].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's DOI is recorded as 10.1002/CPA.3160130102[5].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's publication date is recorded as +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01703x[8].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's zbMATH Open document ID is recorded as 0102.00703[9].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's main subject is recorded as relationship between mathematics and physics[10].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's main subject is recorded as philosophy of science[11].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's main subject is recorded as mathematics[12].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's main subject is recorded as natural science[13].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/papers/wigner.pdf[14].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+14'}[15].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's published in is recorded as Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics[16].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences'}[17].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '自然科学における数学の不合理なまでの有効性'}[18].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's OpenCitations bibliographic resource ID is recorded as 4786672[19].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's nLab ID is recorded as The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences[20].
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].

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Designation and Status

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences's instance of is recorded as academic journal article[4].

Why It Matters

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences draws 278 Wikipedia views per month (academic_journal_article category, ranking #3 of 25).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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