Comments on: Manifold Destiny http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:54:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: harvard math undergrad http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-52974 harvard math undergrad Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:30:32 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-52974 Yes, Yau's behavior has been certainly most embarrassing to us here at Harvard. But, I am very glad the truth prevailed and Yau was not successful at smearing the author of a Beautiful Mind. I hear Manifold Destiny has been chosen by NTY's Gina Kolata for The Best American Science Writing 2007. An honor well deserved! Yes, Yau’s behavior has been certainly most embarrassing to us here at Harvard. But, I am very glad the truth prevailed and Yau was not successful at smearing the author of a Beautiful Mind. I hear Manifold Destiny has been chosen by NTY’s Gina Kolata for The Best American Science Writing 2007. An honor well deserved!

]]> By: Mathematics Weblog » Mathematical Intrigue http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-33780 Mathematics Weblog » Mathematical Intrigue Sun, 06 May 2007 22:39:57 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-33780 [...] *Thanks to Ars Mathematica for the link to this article [...] [...] *Thanks to Ars Mathematica for the link to this article [...]

]]> By: Peter http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-33324 Peter Fri, 04 May 2007 15:32:20 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-33324 I find it interesting that after all this time, Yau threatened, but never took any legal action. Looks like his lawyers and PR firms were a ploy to distract from the plagiarism in the Cao/Zhu paper. I find it interesting that after all this time, Yau threatened, but never took any legal action. Looks like his lawyers and PR firms were a ploy to distract from the plagiarism in the Cao/Zhu paper.

]]> By: Ars Mathematica » Blog Archive » Press Release from Yau’s Lawyer http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1422 Ars Mathematica » Blog Archive » Press Release from Yau’s Lawyer Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:02:23 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1422 [...] Did anyone else recieve a press release from Shing-Tung Yau’s lawyer? With no explanation, I was sent this press release from Howard Cooper, Yau’s lawyer, denying the version of events described in Nasar and Gruber’s New Yorker article, Manifold Destiny. There’s nothing in the e-mail, other than press release, so as far as I know they either a) sent it to me because I linked to the New Yorker article, b) sent it to everyone with an e-mail address on this site, or c) everyone in the world. (In fact, I almost deleted the mail as spam without reading it.) [...] [...] Did anyone else recieve a press release from Shing-Tung Yau’s lawyer? With no explanation, I was sent this press release from Howard Cooper, Yau’s lawyer, denying the version of events described in Nasar and Gruber’s New Yorker article, Manifold Destiny. There’s nothing in the e-mail, other than press release, so as far as I know they either a) sent it to me because I linked to the New Yorker article, b) sent it to everyone with an e-mail address on this site, or c) everyone in the world. (In fact, I almost deleted the mail as spam without reading it.) [...]

]]> By: Ars Mathematica » Blog Archive » More Manifold Destiny http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1400 Ars Mathematica » Blog Archive » More Manifold Destiny Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:12:30 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1400 [...] There has been intensive discussion of Nasar and Gruber’s Manifold Destiny at Not Even Wrong, in these threads: Latest on Poincare, 2006 Fields Medal Winners, and Some Links. The controversy centers around whether Nasar and Gruber are unfair to Yau, but has taken an interesting turn: some of the commenters accuse the article of perpetuating stereotypes of Chinese mathematicians. The existence of a stereotype of Chinese mathematicians is news to me (ironically given the situation, there is a well-developed stereotype of Russian mathematicians that I have heard people invoke), so I’m curious if anyone else has ever heard any such stereotyping. [...] [...] There has been intensive discussion of Nasar and Gruber’s Manifold Destiny at Not Even Wrong, in these threads: Latest on Poincare, 2006 Fields Medal Winners, and Some Links. The controversy centers around whether Nasar and Gruber are unfair to Yau, but has taken an interesting turn: some of the commenters accuse the article of perpetuating stereotypes of Chinese mathematicians. The existence of a stereotype of Chinese mathematicians is news to me (ironically given the situation, there is a well-developed stereotype of Russian mathematicians that I have heard people invoke), so I’m curious if anyone else has ever heard any such stereotyping. [...]

]]> By: By a well known theorem … » eon http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1396 By a well known theorem … » eon Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:53:03 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1396 [...] Quoting Walt from Ars Mathematica. [...] [...] Quoting Walt from Ars Mathematica. [...]

]]> By: PeterMcB http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1395 PeterMcB Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:03:45 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1395 "He claims to have quit mathematics, but without an actual substitute, it’s easier to quit smoking." I'm enchanted by the image of Perelman, living again at home and having to sneak outside his mother's house late at night in the cold, in order to secretly complete another proof! “He claims to have quit mathematics, but without an actual substitute, it’s easier to quit smoking.”

I’m enchanted by the image of Perelman, living again at home and having to sneak outside his mother’s house late at night in the cold, in order to secretly complete another proof!

]]> By: ansobol.blogsome.com :: Яу о гипотезе Пуанкаре, Гамильтоне и Перельмане :: August :: 2006 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1393 ansobol.blogsome.com :: Яу о гипотезе Пуанкаре, Гамильтоне и Перельмане :: August :: 2006 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:30:12 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/23/manifold-destiny/#comment-1393 [...] Update: В “Нью-Йоркере” появилась интересная статья ситуации вокруг доказательства гипотезы Пуанкаре, прежде всего в “человеческом” аспекте (найдена по ссылке из блога Ars Mathematica). Помимо прочего, авторы статьи объясняют, почему Яу в своей лекции так сдержанно говорит о вкладе Перельмана. Это, по-видимому, единственная публикация, основанная на реальном интервью с Перельманом (журналисты “Нью-Йоркера” ездили в Питер, чтобы встретиться с ним). Опубликовано 22/08/2006 [...] [...] Update: В “Нью-Йоркере” появилась интересная статья ситуации вокруг доказательства гипотезы Пуанкаре, прежде всего в “человеческом” аспекте (найдена по ссылке из блога Ars Mathematica). Помимо прочего, авторы статьи объясняют, почему Яу в своей лекции так сдержанно говорит о вкладе Перельмана. Это, по-видимому, единственная публикация, основанная на реальном интервью с Перельманом (журналисты “Нью-Йоркера” ездили в Питер, чтобы встретиться с ним). Опубликовано 22/08/2006 [...]

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