When Even Mathematicians Don't Understand the Math
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/25/science/25math.html?ei=5062&en=331741bd80178820&ex=1086062400&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=all&position=
By SUSAN KRUGLINSKI
Published: May 25, 2004
To most of us, smudgy white mathematical scrawls covering a blackboard
epitomize incomprehensibility. The odd symbols and scattered numerals
look like a strange language, and yet to read them, neurologists tell
us, we would have to use parts of our brains that have nothing to do
with what we normally think of as reading and writing.
Math and physics writers are the interpreters of this unconventional
language. Their books, when written for a popular audience, may reach
thousands of intrepid readers who barely made it past Algebra II. The
abstract concepts they translate seep into the mainstream through
books like "The Golden Ratio" (its ideas are featured in "The DaVinci
Code") or "The Millennium Problems." Sometimes they even make the
best-seller lists.
Math Maths Mathematics
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