The Book and the Anti-Book
Two book covers: God's Book of the most elegant proofs and the Devil's Anti-Book of the least elegant, which God admits underpins it all.
Drawn for an essay by James Propp.
Content note: Playful God/Devil framing.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2020-02-17-the-book-and-the-anti-book/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"THE BOOK: The Most Elegant Proofs in Math, By God" ("Gorgeous. I hate it." – The Devil)
"ANTI-BOOK: The Least Elegant Proofs in Math, By the Devil" ("The foundation on which my own work is built." – God; "Don't remind me." – The Devil)