Joan

pam, you wrote this about math:

> .... There are lots of pre-planned or hoped-for or unexpected
> real-world applications of things thought up by people who really were just
> "playing around" with ideas in a purely abstract realm. Does that help at
> all?

Sort of. My immediate reaction upon reading it was "Oh yes, it does".
To be honest, I only understand the words.
Are you able to give an example of this?

Joan