TY - JOUR T1 - Potrebujeme matematiku? A1 - Brunovský, Pavel JA - Obzory matematiky, fyziky a informatiky Y1 - 2003 VL - 32 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 10 SN - 1335-4981 N2 - 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. ER -