Timeline for Famous mathematicians with background in arts/humanities/law etc
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| Jun 12, 2019 at 21:02 | comment | added | liuyao | The quanta magazine article has the details of his story: quantamagazine.org/… Not to spoil it, he not only studied classics (or philology, to be precise), but had a professorship before reading a book (a biography of a certain physicist, let me just say). | |
| Sep 29, 2011 at 7:37 | comment | added | Dedalus | I was fortunate enough to see him lecture this summer and I was stunned by his enthusiasm. Great example! | |
| Sep 28, 2011 at 20:03 | history | answered | gowers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |