Quote: "The distinction between pure and applied mathematics did not exist in Euler's day, and for him the entire physical universe was a convenient object whose diverse phenomena offered scope for his methods of analysis."
Questions: Why isn't it? The outcome of his thinking was still applied right?
Comments: I'll be honest, this reading was a little boring. There were a lot of shapes and pattern figure-outing but it didn't really dig deep into any cool philosophy like how one infinity is bigger than another. This line, however, I found rather interesting. This sort of sums up what I think of the world. We have to admit there are millions of mysteries of phenomena that we have yet to discover. However, when we grasp it by some means of observation, of course the opportunity is going to be seized. The wording itself stood out to me just because I feel like that would be along the lines of something I'd say.