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arikis
05-24-2008, 02:37 PM
In some book on the philosophy of mathematics, a poem of Emily Dickinson appears as a moto. It is the poem that begins with the line "There is a solitude of space". The poem has the following header:
"To Alice Dickinson
Mathematician, Teacher, Ringer of changes"

This header is missing from the later editions of Johnson and Franklin and is perhaps taken from Bianchi's edition, probably the book "The single hound".

I wonder if someone has acess to Bianchi's edition and can confirm that the header is appears there.

Thanks

Arik