While Thom was an eminent mathematician, the subsequent fashionable nature of elementary catastrophe theory as propagated by Christopher Zeeman caused a reaction, in particular on the part of Vladimir Arnold V. I. Arnol'd, "Catastrophe theory", Edition: 3-1992, Springer.
While Thom was an eminent mathematician, the subsequent fashionable nature of elementary catastrophe theory as propagated by Christopher Zeeman caused a reaction, in particular on the part of Vladimir Arnold. He wrote in terms making clear his distaste for the too-publicised emphasis on a small part of the territory "Catastrophe theory", Edition: 3-1992, Springer.