--- Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm curious to learn people's opinions of the essay in today's NY Times science section at <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/25/science/25math.html>, "When Even Mathematicians Don't Understand the Math".
--Dan
The target audience for the books discussed in the this article consists of people who are looking for a mystical experience, but who are astute enough to appreciate that genuine mysticism is nonsense. When someone solicits my advice on such reading material, I suggest number theory for mathematics, or relativity for physics. Unlike quantized superduperstrings in 69 dimensions, these subjects have hope of actually being understood. Gene __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/