Asteroid 454, Mathesis, was discovered on March 28, 1900 by Arnold Schwassmann at Heidelberg, Germany. It has a period of 4 years, 96 days and is a little less than 51 miles in diameter.
Its name is the Greek word for science; it was named in honor of the founding of the Mathematische Gesselschaft (Mathematical Society) in Hamburg, Germany in 1901.
Asteroid Mathesis seems to indicate science or the scientific method.