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Sure, but that's a sample of one.
by huhtenberg 15y ago
Sure, but that's a sample of one.
- mahmud 15y agoThe "rock stars" of mathematics are all mostly romanticized youth, but its bedrock is mostly gray-matter tucked under grayer hair.
- ColinWright 15y agoBela Bollobas, Tim Gowers, Ron Graham, John H Conway, Elwyn Berlekamp, Richard Guy, Reinhard Diestel, Alan Baker. The problem is that you only hear about the truly eccentric. Ordinary people who are also extraordinary mathematicians never get romanticised, so you won't have heard of them. I've just picked a few there from my own personal acquaintance.