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Marx, Groucho 153, 382 Massachusetts 89 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 25, 165, 168, 307 Masters, John 54 mathematical proofs 156 mathematical theorems xi mathematicians Polish 211 mathematics 153 axiom 198 equivalence 200 flat problem 164 future of 196 game of 200 how to count 180 inconsistency defense 207 inconsistency in 204 indirect proof 244 infinity 179 linear problem 164 long multiplication 240 Lucas argument 205 mathematical creativity 309 non-deterministic polynomial problems 165 Peano axioms 199, 205 prime numbers 243 PSPACE problem 168 traveling salesman problem 166 truth and rules 193, 200, 206 Matiyasevich, Yuri 248, 251 Mattapoisett 89 Maude, Isabel 14 Maxwell 298 Mayan astronomers 70 maze 164, 165 McChrystal, General Stanley A 54 McGinn, Colin 324 McGurk Effect 114 McLaughlin, Dan 37 Mehrabian, Albert 84 memory 11, 14, 90, 118 digital 130 photographic memory 119 visio-spacial 28 with age 120 memory management 250 meninges 97 meningitis 14
Merchant of Death 366 Merilees, Philip 170 Mesopotamia 87 metre 28 micro-expression analysis 84 microphones 289 Microsoft 237 Microsoft Word 135 microtubules 124, 281 Miles, Andrew 368 Millennium Falcon 348 Milliken 394 Minds, Machines and Gédel 205 Minessale, Anthony 265 Ming Dynasty 15 mirror neurons 116 Mirzakhani, Maryam 368 Mitra, Sugata 35 monkey 129
moon shot story 144 monkeys and typewriters 254 Monty Python 93 Moon Base 348 Moore, Gordon 18 Moore's Law 18 Morgan, Edwin 138, 142 Morse code 336 motor cortex 31 Mozart 246, 298 MRI scan 69, 104 multiplication
long 240 Munduruku tribe 181 Murphy’s Law 226 muscle memory 90 muscles 117, 192 music 113
computers and 258 musical compositions 8 myelin 31,118
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Napoleonic wars 129
NASA 59
Native American 89
Navier Stokes Hypothesis 238 nebula 174
Negroponte, Nicolas 35 neural network 116, 121, 280
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