Hardly a miracle as the same two numbers always come up with the single number they add up to. And numbers can represent real things like apples or oranges, and numbers are used to describe things and events in the real world.
Philosophically one could say mathematics is symbolic knowledge rather than the science of quantity.
Hardly a miracle as the same two numbers always come up with the single number they add up to. And numbers can represent real things like apples or oranges, and numbers are used to describe things and events in the real world.
Philosophically one could say mathematics is symbolic knowledge rather than the science of quantity.
Mathematics is what mathematicians do.