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Journeys in mathematical landscapes: genius or craft?

We look at how Anglophone mathematicians have, over the last hundred years or so, presented their activities using metaphors of landscape and journey. We contrast romanticised self-presentations of the isolated genius with ethnographic studies of mathematicians at work, both alone, and in collaborat...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Lane, Ursula Martin, Dave Murray-Rust, Alison Pease, Fenner Tanswell
Format: Default Book chapter
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/9487880.v1
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