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I’ve always been amused that the The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, edited by Timothy Growers, amusingly notes in the introduction that for the mathematici
by TheNewsIsHere 2y ago
I’ve always been amused that the The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, edited by Timothy Growers, amusingly notes in the introduction that for the mathematician reader it may come to pass that they may not easily understand the works of others on different areas of mathematics.
Not unlike IT, medicine, or parts of software development.
- YeGoblynQueenne 2y agoYeah, well, if anyone could understand something, there would be no point in having a PhD in it.
- lupire 2y agoThat's it true at all. A PhD is someone capable of doing research. Research requiring training doesn't mean results must be inscrutable.
- YeGoblynQueenne 2y agoIt's a joke. I'll make sure to add a suitable smiley from now on :P