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The same point from a slightly different angle: In The Information, James Gleick notes that Cambridge was a mathematical backwater after Newton -- due to its u
by klenwell 14y ago
The same point from a slightly different angle:
In The Information, James Gleick notes that Cambridge was a mathematical backwater after Newton -- due to its uncritical reverence for Newton and ignorance of subsequent advancements on the continent -- until Babbage came around in the 19th c. to shake things up.