Gel'fand amazed me by talking of mathematics as though it were poetry. He once said about a long paper bristling with formulas that it contained the vague beginnings of an idea which could only hint at and which he had… — Dusa McDuff Copy Share Image
These days people are much more aware that mathematics is a communal endeavor: even the most brilliant idea gets meaning only from its relation to the whole. — Dusa McDuff Copy Share Image
Gel'fand amazed me by talking of mathematics as though it were poetry. He once said about a long paper bristling with formulas that it… — Dusa McDuff Copy Share Image
These days people are much more aware that mathematics is a communal endeavor: even the most brilliant idea gets meaning only from its relation… — Dusa McDuff Copy Share Image
