A mathematician experiments, amasses information, makes a conjecture, finds out that it does not work, gets confused and then tries to recover. A good mathematician eventually does so - and proves a theorem.
Being a mathematician is a bit like being a manic depressive: you spend your life alternating between giddy elation and black despair. - Steven G. Krantz
Being a mathematician is a bit like being a manic depressive: you spend your life alternating between giddy elation and black despair.
- Steven G. Krantz
A mathematician experiments, amasses information, makes a conjecture, finds out that it does not work, gets confused and then tries to recover. A goo… - Steven G. Krantz
A mathematician experiments, amasses information, makes a conjecture, finds out that it does not work, gets confused and then tries to recover. A goo…
This book reminds me of James Gleick's Chaos. The ideas and stories in Loving and Hating Mathematics are timely, interesting, and sometimes even prof… - Steven G. Krantz
This book reminds me of James Gleick's Chaos. The ideas and stories in Loving and Hating Mathematics are timely, interesting, and sometimes even prof…
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