I had a mathematics professor in college whose specialty was in knots. I naively, and probably too bluntly, asked him how his work fit into the world; a questio

I had a mathematics professor in college whose specialty was in knots. I naively, and probably too bluntly, asked him how his work fit into the world; a question I have regretted to this day. Anyhoo ... I guess this is where it fits into the "world". If you are interested, here is his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morwen_Thistlethwaite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morwen_Thistlethwaite