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I think I have an idea why Neal Stephenson is such an admired writer among nerds:
Most writers, when explaining something about math or science, use a real-world analogy. And they usually get it wrong, either because they don't understand it themselves or because the analogy is leaky.
Stephenson goes totally the other way and uses math and science analogies to explain real-world concepts. It's less common, so it sounds cooler.
Most writers, when explaining something about math or science, use a real-world analogy. And they usually get it wrong, either because they don't understand it themselves or because the analogy is leaky.
Stephenson goes totally the other way and uses math and science analogies to explain real-world concepts. It's less common, so it sounds cooler.
