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John Morgan
I love mathematics and being a mathematician. I can not imagine a life
better suited to me. Mathematical objects are so incredible beautiful and
interesting that devoting a lifetime to their study is immensely rewarding.
Life would be so dull without these objects to think about.
Having new insights about mathematical objects is also extraordinarily
satisfying. The feeling that you have made progress in a discipline that in
hundreds if not thousands of years old gives one a sense of connection with
the past and also with the future. There is a beautiful intellectual
tapestry being constructed over the ages and I am participating in that. I
also enjoy tremendously sharing mathematical insights with others, both
colleagues and students. Learning from them what they have understood and
telling them what insights I have had makes me feel part of a vibrant and
highly social community.
Wherever I go in the world, I feel that I have mathematical friends and that
we share a deep bond -- the love of our subject. I belong entirely to this
mathematical world and it is where I feel most at home. | |
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