I sat in math class wishing it would end. Now I wish this woman had been my math teacher.https://www.quantamagazine.org/maryam-mirzakhani-is-first-woman-fields-medalist-20140812/ …
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Just as we may be able to spell a word we can't define, we may string together numerals to "spell" a number whose meaning we don't know.
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The secret to the meaning of numbers is the same as the secret to the meaning of words: context. Story. Narrative. Numbers act and interact.
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