Making Mathematics--The Coffee Connection. From: College Teaching | Date: June 22, 1999| Author: Wieschenberg, Agnes Arvai | COPYRIGHT 1999 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This article describes the influence Eastern European coffeehouses had in promoting informal discussion between mathematicians in the 19th and 20th centuries. Social aspects of coffeehouses, and the attitudes of several mathematical geniuses, about these places, are explored.

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