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From: Ken Muldrew (no email)
Date: Mon May 31 2004 - 23:51:59 EDT
> Ken Meldrew said-
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> "...(Laplace was in the "Bradman class" among mathematical
> physicists)"
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> Is Ken referring to the Bradman I think he is, the famous Australian
> cricketing batsman of my youth? If so, will that reference be
> intelligible to his American readers (or even to fellow-Canadians)?
One and the same. G.H. Hardy used the phrase in his "A
Mathematician's Apology", ensuring lasting fame for the magnificent
batsman.
Ken Muldrew.
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