Aguirre A., Foster B., Merali Z. (eds.) Trick or Truth?: The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics

Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016. — 250 p. — ISBN10: 3319274945.The prize-winning essays in this book address the fascinating but sometimes uncomfortable relationship between physics and mathematics. Is mathematics merely another natural science? Or is it the result of human creativity? Does physics simply wear mathematics like a costume, or is math the lifeblood of physical reality?
The nineteen wide-ranging, highly imaginative and often entertaining essays are enhanced versions of the prize-winning entries to the FQXi essay competition “Trick or Truth”, which attracted over 200 submissions.
The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.Children of the Cosmos
Mathematics Is Physics
My God, It’s Full of Clones: Living in a Mathematical Universe
Let’s Consider Two Spherical Chickens
The Raven and the Writing Desk
The Deeper Roles of Mathematics in Physical Laws
How Mathematics Meets the World
Mathematics: Intuition’s Consistency Check
How Not to Factor a Miracle
The Language of Nature
Demystifying the Applicability of Mathematics
Why Mathematics Works so Well
Genesis of a Pythagorean Universe
Beyond Math
The Descent of Math
The Ultimate Tactics of Self-referential Systems
Cognitive Science and the Connection Between Physics and Mathematics
A Universe from Universality
And the Math Will Set You Free