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
Wednesday Wisdom features a quote to inspire my fellow homeschoolers and math education peeps. 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.
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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.