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Good question, maybe he shouldn't be on that list. I'd read a long biography about him in German ("Wer ist Alexander Grothendieck?"), and was left with the impr
by pixelpoet 7y ago
Good question, maybe he shouldn't be on that list. I'd read a long biography about him in German ("Wer ist Alexander Grothendieck?"), and was left with the impression that he was unfulfilled and unhappy at the end of his career; of course he lived to old age and there were certainly worse fates on that list, so perhaps its inclusion is not so appropriate.
- agumonkey 7y agoI'd tend to think that he's not a tragic figure. Maybe dramatic in a way. But since he had a full life and even free choice to do it on its own term.. In any case I hope you didn't feel attacked. It was half curiosity half critic :)