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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Fine Hall in its Golden age

Gian-Carlo Rota

pp. 3-20

Abstract

Our faith in mathematics is not likely to wane if we openly acknowledge that the personalities of even the greatest mathematicians may be as flawed as those of anyone else. The greater a mathematician, the more important it is to bring out the contradictions in his or her personality Psychologists of the future, if they should ever read such accounts, may better succeed in explaining what we, blinded by prejudice, would rather not face up to.

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Published in:

Rota Gian-Carlo, Palombi Fabrizio (1997) Indiscrete thoughts. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 3-20

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4781-0_1

Full citation:

Rota Gian-Carlo (1997) Fine Hall in its Golden age, In: Indiscrete thoughts, Dordrecht, Springer, 3–20.