Long ago I read a quote from a post about mathematicians who are good communicators. I'd love to come across it again. Of John Milnor, this post proclaimed, "W

Long ago I read a quote from a post about mathematicians who are good communicators. I'd love to come across it again. Of John Milnor, this post proclaimed, "When he speaks, you understand." I try to notice rare compliments, like that one. Feynman received one like that: A female engineer says about him: "Yes, [Feynman's sexism] really annoys me," she said. "On the other hand, he is the only one who ever explained quantum mechanics to me as if I could understand it." The only one! http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/ http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine...