Re: Math discovery versus math society

From: anon (scimathreply_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: 19 Feb 2005 00:01:05 -0800

jstevh@msn.com wrote in message news:<1108769416.797604.62390@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>...
>
> ...It's about time. History shows that what's happening now is what
> happens with truly massive discoveries, as they so upset the status
> quo.
>
> And don't yap about Einstein or some other discoverer who supposedly
> didn't go through this crap, as I have read the history thoroughly, and
> you don't know as much as you think if you think even Einstein had an
> easy going.
>

They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Einstein, they laughed at
the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.