Google researcher, long out of math, cracks devilish problem about sets
> He also worked with a textbook by his side so he could look up formulas he’d forgotten. “You’d think someone who comes up with a great result shouldn’t have to consult Chapter 2 of Elements of Information Theory, but I did,” Gilmer said.Always enjoy seeing this sentiment reaffirmed. Funny that Gilmer states it in a somewhat self surprised tone.Rings of the Einstein quote:“[I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. He also said, “…The value of a … education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”