Fade to Black:
Mathematics and Narrative
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Martin Gardner in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, June/July 2005 (pdf):
“I did a column in Scientific American on minimal art, and I reproduced one of Ed Rinehart’s [sic] black paintings. Of course, it was just a solid square of pure black.”
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The Notices of the American Mathematical Society, January 2007 (pdf):
“This was just one of the many moments in this sad tale when there were no whistle-blowers. As a result the entire profession has received a very public and very bad black mark.”
— Joan S. Birman
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Barnard College and
Columbia University