I Think The Biggest Misconception Is That

I Think That What The Machines Can Do, Of Course, Is Wonderful, But It's Not The Same As What The Brain Can Do.

The Seeds From Ramanujan's Garden Have Been Blowing On The Wind And Have Been Sprouting All Over The Landscape. [on The Stimulating Effects Of Ramanujan's Mathematical Legacy.]

The Biggest Breakthrough In The Next 50 Years Will Be The Discovery Of Extraterrestrial Life. We Have Been Searching For It For 50 Years And Found Nothing. That Proves Life Is Rarer Than We Hoped, But Does Not Prove That The Universe Is Lifeless. We Are Only Now Developing The Tools To Make Our Searches Efficient And Far-reaching, As Optical And Radio Detection And Data Processing Move Forward.

The Besicovitch Style Is Architectural. He Builds Out Of Simply Elements A Delicate And Complicated Architectural Structure, Usually With A Hierarchical Plan, And Then, When The Building Is Finished, The Completed Structure Leads By Simple Arguments To An Unexpected Conclusion. Every Besicovitch Proof Is A Work Of Art, As Carefully Constructed As A Bach Fugue.

If You Go To London Now, Not Everything Is Beautiful, But It's Amazingly Better Than It Was. And The Thames Is Certainly A Lot Better: There Are Fish In The Thames.