Mathematical Beauty, 1840

JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post

I'm just revisiting an earlier post about the beauty of a found mathematical notebook--its quiet assuredness, its composition, its care, its trying....just lovely, speaking of the efforts of a young person back in 1840. 

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