David Berlinski over het verbergen van de oorsprong van ideeën
Our paper became a monograph. When we had completed the details, we rewrote everything so that no one could tell how we came upon our ideas or why. This is the standard in mathematics.
David Berlinski, “Black Mischief” (1988)
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So true! Again, a reason why mathematics has a so bad image in the public. If someone who likes maths but is not a mathematicien tries to read an article, he’s discouraged, no chance to get in…
Posted 04 Jan 2009 at 10:04 pm ¶