Gian-Carlo Rota Quote

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public misunderstanding.


Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy (ed. 2009)


Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation...

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation...

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation...

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation...