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That seems an odd structure for an obituary of someone who made significant contributions in their field. Why start with "here's all the highest accolades this
by sokoloff 2y ago
That seems an odd structure for an obituary of someone who made significant contributions in their field.
Why start with "here's all the highest accolades this person failed to achieve"? (It's fair game to mention them, but starting with them seems odd.)
- jareklupinski 2y ago> Why start with "here's all the highest accolades this person failed to achieve"? it would be pretty cool to become so great in a field, that it's easier to list all the reasons you _haven't_ revolutionized it
- 082349872349872 2y agoMan o' War biographies seem to prominently mention the one race he didn't win, and that he never ran the Kentucky Derby.
- groby_b 2y agoThat's not actually where the article starts, the translation leaves out an entire subhed paragraph. << This talkative and highly cultured scientist passed away on August 17th in Marcoussis at the age of 92. A cornerstone of the Bourbaki group from 1955 to 1983, he left a significant mark on his field. "He was the embodiment of Bourbaki," says Frédéric Patras, research director at CNRS. >> (We might quibble about the translation, my french isn't the best.) And then it says that despite not achieving these objectives, etc.