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On Time
(in Mathematics and Literature) “… I want to spend these twenty minutes savoring, and working up, the real complexity of the metaphorical relationship of time and distance– to defamiliarize it for us. And then I will give a few examples of how imaginative literature makes use of the inherent strangeness in this relationship: Time ↔ Distance.
And finally I will offer my opinion (which I think must be everyone’s opinion) about why we derive significant– but not total– comfort from this equation.” — Barry Mazur, March 8, 2009, draft (pdf) of talk for conference on comparative literature* |
Another version of
Mazur’s metaphor
Time ↔ Distance:
— Steven H. Cullinane,
October 8, 2003
For some context in
comparative literature,
see Time Fold
(Oct. 10, 2003)
and A Hanukkah Tale
(Dec. 22, 2008).
Related material:
Rat Psychology
yesterday.