Mathematical Musings

Sacred dream of geometry; ruler and protractor, temper my anguish, untrouble my mind.

Geometry, algebra, calculus, primes, ratios, equations, proofs, factoring, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, base, exponent, logarithms, fractions, remainders, coordinates, abcissa, ordinate, slope, angle, parallel, right angle, radius, perimeter, circumference, isosceles, equilateral, ruler, protractor, compass, slide rule, calculator, graphs, X-axis, Y-axis

How can anyone not recognize the crispness of the words above; the very precision that comes from lean, clean lines; carefully plotted coordinates; or masterfully recited multiplication tables? I think of math was a way to tame my mind, provide discipline and logic to my thinking, as a way into discovery. There is calm in this chaotic order of mathematics - if one simply looks and looks again - until they see that single grain of sand that represents it all, from counting to calculus;