Just when I was convinced that mathematical subject matter appears proportionately more in modern than in classical poetry, I turned again to work by Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) and began to contradict myself. Here (from Byron's Complete Poetical Works) is "Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination." As is common today in literature and verse, the mathematicians (and scientists) are found wanting (though we are not the only deficient ones).
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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