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The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns which it is composed. It is
written in the language of mathematics..."
Galilei Galileo
George Polya
An chemist, a physicist, and a mathematician are stranded on an island when a can of food rolls ashore.
The chemist and the physicist comes up with many ingenious ways to open the can. Then suddenly the
mathematician gets a bright idea: "Assume we have a can opener ..."
When a statistician passes the airport security check, they discover a bomb in his bag. He explains.
"Statistics shows that the probability of a bomb being on an airplane is 1/1000. However, the chance
that there are two bombs at one plane is 1/1000000. So, I am much safer..."