Comment on A Mathematician's Apology (1940) [pdf]parentComments−nicky010yI'd like to hear more on this idea that nukes prove pure math not innocent. Surely it's applied maths (and physics, and engibeerung) that created nukes?−smallnamespace10ySure, but what you think is pure maths today might become applied maths tomorrow. So nothing we consider today to be pure is necessarily so.
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I'd like to hear more on this idea that nukes prove pure math not innocent. Surely it's applied maths (and physics, and engibeerung) that created nukes?
Sure, but what you think is pure maths today might become applied maths tomorrow. So nothing we consider today to be pure is necessarily so.