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Beyond the image of the tragic genius

  • Hoffman J
Nature (2010) 464(7291) 980-980
DOI: 10.1038/464980a
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Abstract

Our stereotypical view of mathematicians shifted during the Romantic era from worldly scholar to tortured soul, explains Jascha Hoffman. A lonely man flirts with madness in search of truth, but dies alone and misunderstood. Similar stories have played out in films about mathematicians from Pi to Proof.

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Hoffman, J. (2010). Beyond the image of the tragic genius. Nature, 464(7291), 980–980. https://doi.org/10.1038/464980a

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