Humanity has been struggling with mathematics for tens of thousands of years, and we do not exaggerate. This almost certainly makes it the oldest science. In that time, there have been surprising events, shocking facts, amazing adventures, or the funniest anecdotes. Echoing the best of these stories, including those of the 20th century, will be the purpose of this section.
Einstein and Hilbert (1)
Between 29 June and 7 July 1915, at the invitation of David Hilbert, Einstein gave a series of lectures in Göttingen on General Relativity. At that time, Hilbert was interested in a mathematical formulation for […]