Re: Out-of-print math books: An Update

Bart Goddard <goddardbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

[...] The same for my books. If I had a large collection on
my laptop, or in my account, they'd just hit delete (or more
likely, just pitch the laptop.) But the neat rows of books
on the shelf, is a way different story.

I think most mathematicians are far more interested in
the beauty of mathematical objects than they are in the
beauty of the physical objects representing them (e.g.
the smell of the books, or how they line up on a shelf,
to mention two such physical attributes you've cited).
I confess I never imagined that someone might make such
an argument against electronic media. This is sci.math,
not sci.love.the.look.and.smell.of.decaying.math.books
Please don't share what you do to taste and feel math.

--Bill Dubuque
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