Re:Charles Darwin: Genius or Plodder?
by Reelin on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:51AM
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> That's not particularly true. I don't think there is a single mathematician whose papers are understandable to laypeople
I suspect that the media would indeed portray most mathematicians as geniuses, though. In fact most laypeople I know would agree that they were, and I know some fairly well educated laypeople in my opinion.
By mathematician, I mean a publishing academic with a PhD in math (or some rough equivalent to that).
I suspect that the media would indeed portray most mathematicians as geniuses, though. In fact most laypeople I know would agree that they were, and I know some fairly well educated laypeople in my opinion.
By mathematician, I mean a publishing academic with a PhD in math (or some rough equivalent to that).