> That's not particularly true. I don't think there is a single mathematician whose papers are understandable to laypeople I suspect that the media would indee

> That's not particularly true. I don't think there is a single mathematician whose papers are understandable to laypeople I suspect that the media would indeed portray most mathematicians as geniuses, though. In fact most laypeople I know would agree that they were, and I know some fairly well educated laypeople in my opinion. By mathematician, I mean a publishing academic with a PhD in math (or some rough equivalent to that).