Re:A Collector of Math and Physics Surprises
by magneticnorth on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:34PM
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The article mentions that English is his seventh language!
And there's a charming series of quotes about his journey from being a linguist to a mathematician - "The book was in Russian, and I didn’t know Russian, but a young linguist is not afraid to pick up another language."
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"Oxford was the only place that would allow you to rush through an undergraduate program in two years. I didn’t know English, but a linguist is not afraid to pick up another language."
And there's a charming series of quotes about his journey from being a linguist to a mathematician - "The book was in Russian, and I didn’t know Russian, but a young linguist is not afraid to pick up another language."
...
"Oxford was the only place that would allow you to rush through an undergraduate program in two years. I didn’t know English, but a linguist is not afraid to pick up another language."