Sublime

“Arithemetical inquiries give entertainment in solitude by the practice, and reputation in public by the effect.”

Alan Schoenfeld, a math professor at Berkeley,

There are so, so many of these men freckled throughout history. Paul Erdős, a renown mathematician characterized by his eclectic genius and all-consuming obsession with math, didn’t butter his own toast until he was an adult. There are several stories recounting how he often offloaded domestic or non-math related tasks to the women in his life

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