Created in the Image of Mathematics
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And in what way do any of these questions differ from those surrounding ancient myths of the emergence of the world from the slain bodies of gods or titans, the Buddha-nature of all natural objects, or the Abrahamic notion that we are “created in the …
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The Power of Myth, Kid-Lit Version
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Ancient Words and Wisdom From Greek and Roman Mythology. By Lise Lunge-Larsen. 96 pp. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. $ 18.99. (Middle grade; ages 9 to 12) Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters. By Donna Jo Napoli. “Gifts From the Gods,” an …
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Population growth sees myths reborn
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The news that the human population now numbers more than 7 billion – and the projection that it may grow to 15 billion – has caused the re-emergence of many ancient population fallacies. Australia is a centre of one of the most dangerous myths to …
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