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by peterhalburt33 1521 days ago
I love Terry Tao’s writing on math. One thing that strikes me about him is that, despite being an absolute technical powerhouse, he writes in a very down to earth style that connects disparate areas of math - e.g. his article on “what is a gauge” https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-is-a-gauge/am... where he explains how dimensional analysis might be viewed as a change of coordinates. Too often exposition in math is myopic and fails to impart a unique perspective on the subject, but Tao imbues his writing with a wisdom that I consider the sign of a true genius.