I can't say I'm outraged. Other people are even more outraged than me. They feel that I am too dismissive of the honors that they value.
The most profound ideas in mathematics often arise from the simplest observations.
人们是好奇的。少数人是。他们会被驱使去发现事物,即使是微不足道的事情。他们会把东西拼凑起来,尽管他们可能一直都知道自己可能是错的。你看到他们带着笔记本四处走动,刮掉墓碑上的泥土,阅读微缩胶片,只是希望能看到时间的涓涓细流,建立联系,从垃圾中拯救一件事物。
The purpose of all these illustrations is to direct the seeker's mind towards the one reality underlying them all.