The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences

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TitleThe unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences
AuthorsEugene P. Wigner
Typearticle
Year1960
Citekeywigner1960unreasonable

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Published inCommunications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume13
Pages1--14

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@article{wigner1960unreasonable,
  title = {The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences},
  author = {Eugene P. Wigner},
  year = {1960},
  journal = {Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics},
  volume = {13},
  pages = {1--14},
}

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