Mathematics isn’t a palm tree, with a single long straight trunk covered with scratchy formulas. It’s a banyan tree, with many interconnected trunks and branches – a banyan tree that has grown to the size of a forest, inviting us to climb and explore. (Thurston, W.P. (1990, January). Letters to the editors. Quantum 6 – 7.)Any photos of banyan trees?
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Mathematics isn’t a palm tree, with a single long straight trunk covered with scratchy formulas. It’s a banyan tree, with many interconnected trunks and branches – a banyan tree that has grown to the size of a forest, inviting us to climb and explore. (Thurston, W.P. (1990, January). Letters to the editors. Quantum 6 – 7.)Any photos of banyan trees?
I will check, thanks man!
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