As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other contexts, so as to develop a sense of the structure, not just familiarity with a particular tour through the structure.


Three-Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Volume 1 (ed. Princeton University Press, 2014) - ISBN: 9781400865321

William Thurston Quotes

As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas...

As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas...

As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas...

As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas...