So we were discussing at lunch today how it seems that there were vew mathematicians who lived to an old age--many of them seemed to die young and tragically.
Thus, being the crazy almost teacher that I am, I came up with an assignment for a class:
Run a statistical analysis on the lifespans, causes of death, and levels of sanity on famous mathematicians from history.
Posted by Anna at November 10, 2004 01:06 PM | TrackBack