Two Ways to Do Math

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

Two-Ways-to-Do-Math

There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else — but persistent.

— Raoul Bott

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Raoul Bott, via The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Background photo courtesy of Swedish National Heritage Board (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

One thought on “Two Ways to Do Math”

  1. Bott: was a great person and I was privileged to learn algebraic topology from him. Fun and impressive to see him riding his bike around campus into his 70s.

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