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Michel Talagrand wins Abel Prize for work wrangling randomness
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#53Slightly off-topic - has anyone read his book "What is a Quantum Field Theory"? Can you recommend it?
I've been reading it over the past few days (picked it up after seeing it mentioned here). It's fantastic, much better than many similar attempts to make quantum field theory comprehensible to mathematicians.
Re: Michel Talagrand wins Abel Prize for work wrangling randomness
#54This is such a great quote for everyone! No matter the age. No matter what one wants to do.
> “I’m not able to learn mathematics easily,” Talagrand tells ... “I have to work. It takes a very long time and I have a terrible memory. I forget things. So I try to work, despite handicaps, and the way I worked was trying to understand really well the simple things. Really, really well, in complete detail. And that turned out to be a successful approach.”
Just imagine. You may be super smart who gets things easily and right away. Or, you may be average. Using this philosophy in life, one can excel further.