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A pity only very few people in the world can fully understand the beauty of the mathematical proofs these geniuses created
by alexyes 12y ago
A pity only very few people in the world can fully understand the beauty of the mathematical proofs these geniuses created
- mhartl 12y agoIt is weird. Doing great mathematics is like writing great poetry in a language only a few hundred people can read. And yet, every once in a while a mathematical poem changes the world.
- lutusp 12y agoYes, and it's often the case that, faced with such a "poem", the world changes without ever understanding the mechanism of the change, as with both relativity and quantum theories.
- srom 12y agoCedric Villani (Fields Medal 2010) wrote a book about his work [1] where he tries to give the reader a hint of what it looks like to be a mathematician on a day to day basis. It's quite interesting, even though he does not try to explain his theory. [1] http://www.amazon.fr/Théorème-vivant-Cédric-Villani/dp/2246798825/ http://www.amazon.fr/Théorème-vivant-Cédric-Villani/dp/22467...