(Backstory— Presbyterian in this journal)
Princeton University Press on a book it will publish in March—
Circles Disturbed brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore the relationship between mathematics and narrative. The book's title recalls the last words of the great Greek mathematician Archimedes before he was slain by a Roman soldier–"Don't disturb my circles"–words that seem to refer to two radically different concerns: that of the practical person living in the concrete world of reality, and that of the theoretician lost in a world of abstraction. Stories and theorems are, in a sense, the natural languages of these two worlds–stories representing the way we act and interact, and theorems giving us pure thought, distilled from the hustle and bustle of reality. Yet, though the voices of stories and theorems seem totally different, they share profound connections and similarities.
Exercise— Discuss the above paragraph's vulgarity.
Discuss also the more robust vulgarity of Marvel Entertainment…
Context— "Marvel" in this journal, and The Cosmic Cube.