它很像石油勘探：听设备的回音，并用数学重建，必须有产生它们的形状。

And it works much like oil exploration: the equipment listens to the echoes, and USES maths to reconstruct the shape that must have produced them.

youdao

所以当我听说有研究人员可以用电子设备激发大脑的数学潜能的时候，就忍不住要去见识一下。

So when I heard of a researcher who could boost people's maths skills using an electronic brain stimulator, I had to meet him.

youdao

但我们仍会用一些设备，以及14年里请一个数学老师。

We still could use some gear, though, and a math tutor in about 14 years.

youdao

There was a military math facility here just like the one in Madison Wisconsin.

这里曾经有军事的数学设备,和Madison，Wisconsin的一样。

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