NYT does not notice that the mathematician is a male
the sex that has obsessions about knowing things once and for all, ``at least in this obscure corner''
hence winds up in a nearly 100% male occupation
females can't sustain the delusion of importance, opting instead for some kind of social life.
not a difference of talent, but of interest
We just want to celebrate the dedication — some might call it obsession — that led a reclusive Russian mathematician to solve a problem that once seemed insoluble.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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