Re: [math-fun] Fwd: NYTimes.com: Algebra in Wonderland
I read that op-ed piece and I think it's a pile of garbage. The author doesn't present one iota of evidence to support her interpretation. (It might be enough to get her a Ph.D. in English, though.) --Dan Paul R. wrote: << I'm curious what people think of this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/opinion/07bayley.html OPINION | March 07, 2010 Op-Ed Contributor: Algebra in Wonderland By MELANIE BAYLEY The other-worldly events in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" can be interpreted as satire on 19th-century advances in mathematics.
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