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Academic spring: how an angry maths blog sparked a scientific revolution | Peer review and scientific publishing | The Guardian
![Twitter 上的Dave Richeson:"Tim Gowers on G+: "What is it like to do maths? About 99% of the time it's like this." https://t.co/isrP6rLqER https://t.co/jmIvO1pSrt" / Twitter Twitter 上的Dave Richeson:"Tim Gowers on G+: "What is it like to do maths? About 99% of the time it's like this." https://t.co/isrP6rLqER https://t.co/jmIvO1pSrt" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeeiINkWIAAfvaz.jpg)
Twitter 上的Dave Richeson:"Tim Gowers on G+: "What is it like to do maths? About 99% of the time it's like this." https://t.co/isrP6rLqER https://t.co/jmIvO1pSrt" / Twitter
![Timothy Gowers, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Photographed at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in W Stock Photo - Alamy Timothy Gowers, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Photographed at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in W Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CYKCJ9/timothy-gowers-rouse-ball-professor-of-mathematics-at-cambridge-university-CYKCJ9.jpg)
Timothy Gowers, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Photographed at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in W Stock Photo - Alamy
![Timothy Gowers on Twitter: "If anything could be more terrifying than giving a leçon inaugurale at the Collège de France (at 6pm today, French time), it's appearing on French TV and being Timothy Gowers on Twitter: "If anything could be more terrifying than giving a leçon inaugurale at the Collège de France (at 6pm today, French time), it's appearing on French TV and being](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsQZffBXAAEpqtZ.jpg)
Timothy Gowers on Twitter: "If anything could be more terrifying than giving a leçon inaugurale at the Collège de France (at 6pm today, French time), it's appearing on French TV and being
![Twitter 上的Isaac Newton Institute:""How do human mathematicians avoid big searches"? Sir Timothy Gowers at INI today, 13:30-14:30. All welcome. https://t.co/YgJFHTyapE https://t.co/xzdSX9tiIA" / Twitter Twitter 上的Isaac Newton Institute:""How do human mathematicians avoid big searches"? Sir Timothy Gowers at INI today, 13:30-14:30. All welcome. https://t.co/YgJFHTyapE https://t.co/xzdSX9tiIA" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFz7i7mXgAAcqZP.jpg:large)