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The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences. Richard courant lecture in mathematical sciences delivered at New York University, May 11, 1959
Article first published online: 12 OCT 2006
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.3160130102
Copyright © 1960 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company
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Wigner, E. P. (1960), The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences. Richard courant lecture in mathematical sciences delivered at New York University, May 11, 1959. Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 13: 1–14. doi: 10.1002/cpa.3160130102
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- Issue published online: 12 OCT 2006
- Article first published online: 12 OCT 2006
- Manuscript Received: JUN 1959
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