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Mathematics is the cornerstone of our ability to understand our world. It is (as language is) a study and organization, relationships, symbols and shapes as well as numbers. Mathematical calculations can support research and exploration of our physical world and enable us to use knowledge of chemistry and physics understand and natural environment. They also support every engineering innovation and design. Historically, pivotal ancient concepts such as 'zero', 'perspective' and the 'golden ratio' have helped shift out perception of the world. In short, the concept of zero allowed development of understanding of infinitesimals, limits, calculus, quantum physics... Zero also represents the unknown or the 'center' of ones being, the space with no noise and absolute. Perspective surfaced through the application of mathematics in the study of optics. That original use of mathematics for scientific explanation of optics provided the link and created a co...

C.P Snow goes into great detail about the divide concerning scientists and literary intellectuals in “The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution”. His whole essay resonates with my education from kindergarten to today. UCLA is a prime example of the “divide” as we have North campus and South campus. It is almost as if these “two” campuses speak two different languages. It saddens me that although I am certain of my career path, I cannot be a part of both campuses and I have to choose form one. I almost feel alienated when I have to “cross” the bridge to get to North campus for a mandatory English class. My career goal is to be in the medical field and I have found form experience that it is quite rare to find a doctor with good let alone great bed side manners. In Medicine, people are hidden behind 'medical conditions' rather than being seen as a human beings, so the science and labelling makes it all very impersonal. It may be essential (as a defense and coping...