Ekeko is a god of good luck in Peru and the surrounding region.
Photo by Marjorie Manicke.
QUOTES
Clifford
Geertz
The definition of religion
William James
Science in many minds is genuinely taking the place of religion.
S. Glashow
Scientists have faith in the underlying simplicity of nature
Daniel H. Ullman
Erdo˝s was a priest of mathematics,
singularly devoted to this one passion.
Sarah Voss
Time after time, mathematical pursuits have intertwined with religious preoccupations.
J. D. Barrow
Mathematics is the only religion that can prove itself to be one.
Philip J. Davis & Reuben
Hersh
“God is a Mathematician” is a view which lies behind a great
deal of the recent mathematizations of a variety of disciplines.
Howard Gardner
Science itself is virtually a religion, a set of beliefs that scientists embrace
with a zealot's conviction.
Helen M. Walker
De Moive connected his theory of probability with theology.
Muzaffar Iqbal
Is it safe to assume that bees were provided with information in their genetic
code by their Creator?
ARTICLES
The
Tendency to Certainty in Religious Belief,
by Robert H. Thouless
Most people have a strong tendency to feel much much certain than the evidence
warrants. This is particularly striking with respect to religious beliefs. (pdf)
On
Learned Ignorance (excerpts),
by Nicholas of Cusa
In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy.
(We ourselves also use these arts when we investigate the comparative relationships
of objects, of elements, and of motions.)
The Tradition of the Goddess Fortuna
by Howard Rollin Patch
The attitude of a period toward Fortuna reveals its attitude
toward the questions of fate and free-will.
BOOKS
God
of Chance,
by David Bartholomew
Chance has to be seen as within the Providence of God. (Full text online)
The Tradition of the Goddess Fortuna
by Howard Rollin Patch
The Goddess of Fortune in Roman literature and the literature of
the transitional period. (Full text online)
VIDEOS
Ode to Tyche
A celebration of the Greek goddess of Chance.
SUMMARIES
Mathematics
and the Divine,
ed. Teun Koetsier and Luc Bergmans
A global view on the relation of mathematics and Man's quest for the Absolute
in the course of history
