Mathematics versus philosophy, then and now
Opinionated History of Mathematics
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Galileo's Deception
Mathematicians of Galileo's time were not much for tact, writes Andrew Keen. He says modern academia is set up in his favor because history of science nowadays is a humanities field. Keen: Historians are more than happy to write off Archimedes as a genius but a very specialized one who is just doing some esoteric math stuff that doesn't really matter at all.
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