Why did polymath Joris Hoefnagel, in the midst of the Dutch Revolt, produce an illustrated volume of hundreds of insects?
Women legally take part in the political game, but they are still considered illegitimate by their male colleagues, whose power position they challenge.
This is part of a pattern of hypercompetitive behavior that has been observed in black holes before: it seems that they have to be the best at everything they do.
Topologists are fond of saying that they cannot distinguish a doughnut from a coffee mug. In the lingo, they are homeomorphic, which may be demonstrated by deforming one to the other if they were made of clay.
Ian Agol in Volumes of Hyperbolic Link Complements
