Re: The Times on the Poincare Conjecture
- From: "Mitch" <maharri@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 17 Aug 2006 18:23:17 -0700
Gerry Myerson wrote:
fernando revilla <frej0002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This sentence is also attributed to Einstein:
"You do not really understand something unless you can
explain it to your grandmother."
My grandmother died in 1949. Now I know why
I have never really understood anything
(although of course I still don't really understand
why I have never really understood anything).
You can know something without understanding it?
Mitch
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