MY NAME IS ALBERT WHAT AM I DOING? I’M THINKING!
I AM A PHYSICIST AND A MATHEMATICIAN. BEFORE GETTING TO WORK, I THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO STUDY.
THE JOB OF A MATHEMATICIAN IS HARD TO EXPLAIN. I AM A SPECIAL KIND OF SCIENTIST BECAUSE I DO NOT CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS IN LABORATORIES.
SOMEONE MIGHT SEE ME SITTING ON A PARK BENCH WHILE WATCHING WHAT SURROUNDS ME.
ACTUALLY, I AM REFLECTING ON HOW TO EXPLAIN THINGS… WITH MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS!
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THEM
WRITTEN ON A SHEET OF PAPER, THEY ALMOST LOOK LIKE AN ANCIENT AND MYSTERIOUS LANGUAGE, DON’T THEY?
INDEED,
MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS ARE A LANGUAGE! THOSE WHO WRITE AND USE IT, LIKE ME, TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. ONE DAY, I DECIDED TO THINK ABOUT TIME!
WE CAN MEASURE TIME WITH A WATCH, SO FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND BE SURE TO SHOW UP.
THINKING IT THROUGH, I REALIZED THAT PERHAPS TIME IS NOT ALWAYS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE, EVEN IF WE HAVE A VERY ACCURATE WATCH IN OUR HANDS.
HOWEVER, ONCE I DECIDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TIME WORKS, I ALSO HAD TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE MY THEORIES SO THAT OTHERS CAN UNDERSTAND IT AS WELL.
AND SO, I TAKE MANY SHEETS OF PAPER AND I START WRITING DOWN FORMULA AFTER FORMULA. I’M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE MY IDEAS THROUGH THE MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE!
ONCE I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN DEMONSTRATING MY THEORIES WITH MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS, OTHER MATHEMATICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND THEM!
AFTER THAT, I WRITE PLAIN, SIMPLE TEXT THAT EVERYONE, REALLY EVERYONE, CAN UNDERSTAND.
MY IDEAS, WHICH ARE ALSO CALLED THEORIES, WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THROUGH FORMULAS, I MANAGED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY WERE TRUE!
I HAVE HAD MANY IDEAS IN MY LIFE. THAT’S RIGHT, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING!
EVEN IN ANCIENT TIMES PEOPLE USED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THINGS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PLANETS IN THE SAME WAY.
THERE WERE NO TOOLS, ASTRONAUTS, OR ROCKETS: ONE COULD ONLY LOOK AT THE STARRY SKY AND…IMAGINE.
WHEN SOMETHING IS ONLY IN THE MIND, IT IS NOT JUST A FANTASY. WE CAN CREATE DREAMS AND AMAZING STORIES, BUT WE CAN ALSO HAVE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IDEAS, WHICH WE CAN THEN SHARE WITH EVERYONE!
THIS IS HOW INVENTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS THAT ALLOW US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND US ARE BORN!