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Mathematics... is mired in a language of symbols foreign to most of us, [it] explores regions of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely large that elude words, much less understanding. So specialized is mathematics today... that most mathematical papers appearing in most mathematics journals are indecipherable even to most mathematicians.

Robert Kanigel

Combinatorics, a sort of glorified dice-throwing.

Robert Kanigel

Mathematics is not best learned passively; you don't sop it up like a romance novel. You've got to go out to it, aggressive, and alert, like a chess master pursuing checkmate.

Robert Kanigel

Robert Kanigel

Robert Kanigel

Born: May 28, 1946 (age 80)

Bio: Robert Kanigel is an American biographer and science writer, known as the author of seven books and more than 400 articles, essays, and reviews.

Known for:

The Man Who Knew Infinity (1991)
On an Irish Island (2012)
Apprentice to genius (1986)
High Season in Nice (2002)

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