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The mathematical tourist (1988)
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To most outsiders, modern mathematics is unknown territory. Its borders are protected by dense thickets of technical terms; its landscapes are a mass of indecipherable equations and incomprehensible concepts. Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.
Ivars Peterson
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One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.
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December 4, 1948
(age 76)
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