Reading about the history of calculus (I'm always interested to learn more about a subject most difficult to me especially through popular scientific writings) in Infinite Powers, I cannot help, but to link the above with what's written in Paul's letter to the Colossians.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:15-17 NRSV-CI
https://bible.com/bible/2015/col.1.15-17.NRSV-CI
And in John's Gospel,
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being
John 1:1-3 NRSV-CI
https://bible.com/bible/2015/jhn.1.1-3.NRSV-CI
Maybe we can go one step further. The mathematical universe is the way it is because the language of mathematics is our way to depict the Word (Logos) John wrote about, the Logos who made the world and holds it together.
Perhaps physicists and mathematicians are actually working out the image of God in mathematical equations. And ultimately, all these equations and maybe even the theory of everything can be summed up in the Logos John and Paul wrote two thousand years ago.
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