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Old 09-18-2007, 02:03 PM
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hm, ive never thought about math as an art form before. i dont think i agree though.

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Quick math estimations is an art form.

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Agreed. Being able to manipulate numbers to make calculations quicker and easier definitely is an art form. If any of you have a copy of the book Surely You Must be Joking Mr. Feynman, there's a great chapter entitled "Lucky Numbers," that discusses this. I've managed to find a bit of it here. If you want to bother searching from it, you can find it also through Amazon.com's search in this book function.
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