How to Find the Logarithm of Any Number Using Nothing But a Piece of String
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17th-century mathematicians had reason to reject the “chicken-scratch mathematics” [formulas] that we take for granted today. They published not formulas but the concrete, constructional meaning that underlies them. If you want mathematics to be about something, then this is the only way that makes sense.
