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By the same standard you wouldn't pay much attention to Freeman Dyson - http://www.sns.ias.edu/~dyson/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~dyson/ - or John Nash - http://we
by ktizo 14y ago
By the same standard you wouldn't pay much attention to Freeman Dyson - http://www.sns.ias.edu/~dyson/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~dyson/ - or John Nash - http://web.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/ http://web.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/ - either.
I have noticed that many of the best academics seem to like having horrendously appalling websites that look like they were built for NCSA Mosaic. I suspect that there is an in-joke I am missing. They probably have a contest to see who can construct the worst one.
- toomuchcoffee 14y agoI actually like the austere minimalism of JFN's page; it practically exudes sprezzatura, we might say. Reminds me of some of his early papers, in that sense.
- ktizo 14y agoJust looked up "sprezzatura". Is a really cool word, thanks for that. :)