This website is about mathematical models of reality in the broadest sense.
The conventional way of presenting these models is in their final, the most refined version. I’m going to take a different route.
We will start with counting on fingers and build models of reality brick by brick relying on direct observations, results of known experiments and reasoning. I’m going to avoid controversies and present only the most useful concepts.
The lecture is ahistorical, and I don’t pay much attention to who did what and when. Hopefully at some point I will be able to add a separate section where the story will be presented as it really unfolded i.e. with all the key actors, timelines and confusion preceding breakthroughs.
