nopearlclutcher
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Re:A Mathematician’s Apology (1940) [pdf]
on Friday September 21, 2018 @10:04AM (#18039766)
I have heard of this "apology", but never got around to reading it. On p. 12 right now. The author makes certain statements about age of people in math which are basically statistics arguments from a few famous examples and his "limited experience".
Also, a lot is different since the days of Hardy.
At least, now I see where some mathematicians get their pretentiousness :)