In his wretched life

In his wretched life of less than twenty-seven years Abel accomplished so much of the highest order that one of the leading mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century could say without exaggeration, Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for five hundred years. Asked how he had done all this in the six or … Read more

When we had gone

When we had gone down there you have to remember KISS had never been to Australia. So all the hysteria of KISS that was happening in the seventies was building up in Australia. These kids were waiting seven years to see KISS. I was lucky enough to be there when we went over. We got … Read more

Of my fifty-seven years

Of my fifty-seven years I have applied at least thirty to forgetting most of what I have learned or read. Since then, I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without. (…) I have stored little in my memory, but I can apply that little, and it … Read more