Thanks for the recommendation. That book looks very interesting although I'll need a bit more algebra before I can really tackle it properly. Not sure I fully

Thanks for the recommendation. That book looks very interesting although I'll need a bit more algebra before I can really tackle it properly. Not sure I fully understand your point about narcissism and laity. If Euclid and I are laity then I think I'm happy to be called that though. For me the "royal road" refers to the idea that you can take shortcuts and understand things without putting in the work. That just does not ring at all true to my experience with maths anyway.