As a counter, I absolutely love reading about these extraordinary individuals. To be sure their intellectual standing and productivity is almost overwhelming, s

As a counter, I absolutely love reading about these extraordinary individuals. To be sure their intellectual standing and productivity is almost overwhelming, such that I have to study hard just to appreciate the foothills of the mountains they sprang among like heavenly goats, but their humanity, their joi-de-vivre, and most especially their historical context is hugely worthwhile knowing. Reading of the achievements of others doesn't make me feel inadequate, rather it fills me with hope and real joy. Yes, Mathematics is greater than mathematicians, but never forget our mathematics is still profoundly and inescapably human, and none the worse for it. Read more Mathematics!