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Modern algebra has exposed for the first time the full variety and richness of possible mathematical systems.

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The potential usefulness of a mathematical concept or technique in helping to advance scientific understanding has very little to do with what one can foresee before that concept or technique has appeared.

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.. in one sense a foundation is a security blanket: If you meticulously follow the rules laid down, no paradoxes or contradictions will arise. In reality there is now no guarantee of this sort of security...

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Mathematics, springing from the soil of basic human experience with numbers and data and space and motion, builds up a far-flung architectural structure composed of theorems which reveal insights into the reasons behind appearances and of concepts which relate totally disparate concrete ideas.

Saunders Mac Lane

Saunders Mac Lane

Saunders Mac Lane

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Born: August 4, 1909

Died: April 14, 2005 (aged 95)

Bio: Saunders Mac Lane was an American mathematician who co-founded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.

Known for:

Categories for the Working Mathematician (1971)
Mathematics, Form and Function (1986)
Graduate Texts in Mathematics
Sheaves in geometry and logic (1992)
Homology (1963)

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