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Re: A Science or an Art
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2010 Dec 11, 09:31 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2010 Dec 11, 09:31 +1100
The following excerpt comes from an obituary written by Albert Einstein for the mathematician Emmy Noether in the 1930s:
"In the realm of algebra . . . which the most gifted mathematicians
have [studied] for centuries, she discovered methods of enormous
importance .... [T]here is, fortunately, a minority composed of
those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and
satisfying experiences open to humankind are not derived from the
outside, but are bound up with the development of the individual’s
own feeling, thinking and acting. The genuine artists, investigators
and thinkers have always been persons of this kind. However incon-
spicuously the life of these individuals runs its course, nonetheless
the fruits of their endeavors are the most valuable contributions
which one generation can make to its successors."
"In the realm of algebra . . . which the most gifted mathematicians
have [studied] for centuries, she discovered methods of enormous
importance .... [T]here is, fortunately, a minority composed of
those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and
satisfying experiences open to humankind are not derived from the
outside, but are bound up with the development of the individual’s
own feeling, thinking and acting. The genuine artists, investigators
and thinkers have always been persons of this kind. However incon-
spicuously the life of these individuals runs its course, nonetheless
the fruits of their endeavors are the most valuable contributions
which one generation can make to its successors."
