Like art, discounting the human experience in mathematics strips away so much of its meaning. > It took me an entire three-year education as a mathematics unde

Like art, discounting the human experience in mathematics strips away so much of its meaning. > It took me an entire three-year education as a mathematics undergraduate before I could look at Euler’s identity and say, “Yeah, it’s no big deal. I just did not know enough five years ago. I see it all now.” The mystery had gone, replaced by deeper understanding. And there, with that very personal, emotionally rich, intellectual journey of discovery that we all must follow if we wish to understand mathematics, we find the deeper beauty of mathematics [...]