Misc. os, 721 and others

[grladams at teleport.com]

That is interesting. Keith J. Devlin, a noteworthy author of popular
mathematics books, says something about mathematicians' mind set in the
first chapter. I'm reading his _The Millennium Problems_ right now. I don't
have it in hand but the he says something of their strong crave for
certitude, & truth, and how this sets them apart from other people
It's a very good book by the way. He also wrote a book called The Math Gene
which apparently goes into that dimension as well.

Jill

Original Message:
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From: Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:37:23 -0800 (PST)
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Misc. os, 721 and others


yashmeen jokes about being her old self [Cyprian] 
"And who would that be?"

728 Dally looks in the mirror and sees "the same American mask with
the same American eyes" looking through......[Why American twice?}
Anyway, she is still herself.

"not too many anarchists in the math line"......................
 a putdown of math?

729...Penhallow, the artist-figure, looking more complex due to sun-goggles.
First appearance of goggles?....to shade against the sunlight? 
Ruperta also wears a 'sun-veil"...


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