alt Hacker NewsAnd then there's G. H. Hardy, famous number theorist, who wrote an "Apology" for mathematics in the sense of defending the study of number theory for its own sake because it's beautiful.
Which one were you referring to?
And then there's G. H. Hardy, famous number theorist, who wrote an "Apology" for mathematics in the sense of defending the study of number theory for its own sake because it's beautiful.
Which one were you referring to?
It is one in the same! The apology is, of course, defending the beauty of the pursuit but at the same time the writing acknowledges the (alleged) utter lack of practicality.