In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
Great, approachable read about the history of manifolds. Similar to Boolean Algebra in that it was invented and nobody really knew what to do with it, and later proved to be enormously useful. Good reminder that trying to simplistically throw around “Why are we funding math/science/etc that isn’t useful!” isn’t good policy.
Great, approachable read about the history of manifolds. Similar to Boolean Algebra in that it was invented and nobody really knew what to do with it, and later proved to be enormously useful. Good reminder that trying to simplistically throw around “Why are we funding math/science/etc that isn’t useful!” isn’t good policy.
exactly.
We shouldn’t be funding math because I’m bad at it, that’s the only reason.