There cannot be a language more universal and more simple, more free from errors and obscurities..more worthy to express the invariable relations of all natural things [than mathematics]. [It interprets] all phenomena by the same language, as if to attest the unity and simplicity of the plan of the universe, and to make still more evident that unchangeable order which presides over all natural causes .Joseph Fourier
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In this quote, Jean Baptiste Fourier speaks of the universal beauty of mathematics, saying it is a language that can express concepts from all cultures across the planet. In other words, math transcends cultural boundaries and is a universal language that can be used to describe our world in a straightforward manner. The beauty of mathematics lies in its power to describe natural phenomena in a way that is understandable by everyone at anytime.
Source: The Analytical Theory Of Heat
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