A summary of Richard Hamming’s talk “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics”. All errors and omissions are entirely my own. All good stuff is down to Richard Hamming. Cristiano Ronaldo is about to kick a football. He takes a step, places his supporting leg next to the ball, and strikes it sweetly with his laces. It curls wickedly into the bottom corner of the goal. He has just performed a difficult feat, a remarkable piece of biomechanical coordination. And he made it look easy. ...
