I Know That I Know Nothing

Lives of Mathematicians

Talents & Loneliness; Purity & Chaos

On the Correlation Between Extreme Mathematical Talent and Mental Instability Disclaimer: These reflections are based solely…
On Sofia Kovalevsky and Karl Weierstrass – Love… Love? Love is Love!

Sofia Kovalevsky (Source: Wikipedia) Karl Weierstrass (Source: Wikipedia) “Intelligence is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” — Timothy Leary…
On Galileo Galilei

Source: Wikipedia My initial impression of Galileo was that he was an astronomer, a physicist, and…
On Fermat – Conjectures vs. Proofs

Source: Wikipedia “I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to…
On Felix Hausdorff – “We Wish for Your Better Times”

Source: Mac Tutor It is astonishing that it takes sixteen mathematicians, four historians, two literary scholars,…