In 1894, Edouard Michelin, the fine artist of a gifted family, looked at a pile of tyres and said to his engineer brother André: “With arms and legs, that would look like a man.”
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Optimization & Optimism Michael Bartholomew-Biggs looks at links between mathematics & poetry
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • poetry, technology, year 2019 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry, technology • 0 Comments
When Pythagoras met Homer: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs recalls a time when being a mathematician was like being a poet.