On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 05:27:02AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I have heard that joke too. There is a similarity between the Russian > technology and the French technology. The west was surprised when the > Russians put the sputnik in the skies. When taken care of can be > amazingly powerful and good. This is related to the abstract thinking > versus hands-on, concrete thinking. Compare books in higher > mathematics written by French, Russians, Germans, American, British, > etc. A pattern can be seen.
I recently learned a lot more about the connections between German culture and "White Russian" (i.e. Beloruss? and Moscow). During the Tatars / Mongols -- 1000s, it was all sort of one thing. I knew up until the very late 1800s there was no such concept as "Italy" or "Germany" -- only the concept of Italianess or Germanness. But, to your point, are you claiming that "French technology is good" ? I've no opinion, but you seem to say Russian and France tech. is similar, and you say Russian is good. I guess I agree about Russ. tech. In college I read math texts in Russian, French, and German as well as English -- once you learn a few terms you can follow even if you can't read the language proper. While I would definitely say one's mathematical education would be woefully incomplete without reading all those books, I didn't see any superiority between any culture in terms of maths, or types of maths. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
