http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/22/bill-thurston/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/22/bill-thurston/#comment-77793 News and links for late August 2012 « The Outer Hoard Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:28:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=8759#comment-77793 [...] a sphere [...] [...] a sphere [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/22/bill-thurston/#comment-77792 Ralph Haygood Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:17:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=8759#comment-77792 I attended a graduate course Thurston taught about 15 years ago at U. C. Davis. What struck me most about him was his impatience with formalism. He seemed happiest when he could explain an idea by drawing a diagram or holding up a physical model made of poster board or some such thing. I don't think I've encountered another professional mathematician whose approach to his subject was so intuitive. I attended a graduate course Thurston taught about 15 years ago at U. C. Davis. What struck me most about him was his impatience with formalism. He seemed happiest when he could explain an idea by drawing a diagram or holding up a physical model made of poster board or some such thing. I don’t think I’ve encountered another professional mathematician whose approach to his subject was so intuitive.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/22/bill-thurston/#comment-77791 Geometry as art and maths | onemonkey.org Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:26:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=8759#comment-77791 [...] via Cosmic Variance [...] [...] via Cosmic Variance [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/22/bill-thurston/#comment-77790 Chris Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:35:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=8759#comment-77790 Wow, now that's what they should have on those PBS kids shows. They would actually learn something useful. Wow, now that’s what they should have on those PBS kids shows. They would actually learn something useful.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/22/bill-thurston/#comment-77789 Faizan sarwar Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:10:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=8759#comment-77789 End of the great mathematician End of the great mathematician

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/22/bill-thurston/#comment-77788 Godfrey Miller Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:02:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=8759#comment-77788 He wrote a great essay concerning the purpose of mathematics: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.HO/9404236 He wrote a great essay concerning the purpose of mathematics:
http://arxiv.org/abs/math.HO/9404236

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