mathematical research
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Jan 7, 2020
Strogatz: Researchers often succeed more by targeting second-hardest problems
“Sometimes it's better to go, as you say, after the second hardest problem. So maybe the gold ring, you know, is premature. We have to build up to it. So there are people who try for the hardest thing, and they never succeed. Because they're going for pie in th…”