@ARTICLE {, title = {Potrebujeme matematiku?}, author = {Brunovský, Pavel}, journal = {Obzory matematiky, fyziky a informatiky}, year = {2003}, volume = {32}, number = {3}, pages = {1--10}, issn = {1335-4981}, abstract = {This paper represents the text of a lecture held by the author on December 4, 2002 as a part of the series of lectures of professors of Comenius University for general public. The lecture adresses a number of issues from attempts to characterize mathematics (is it a tautology or not?) and mathematical thinking to the questions of the need of its development and support in Slovakia.}, }