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“The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s must be beautiful; the ideas like the colours or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test: there is ...”
“Mathematics effectively began when a few Greek friends got together to talk about numbers and lines and angles.”
“Topology is destiny,' he said, and put the drawers on. One leg at a time.”
“It appeared that way, Lawrence, but this raised the question of was mathematics really true or was it just a game played with symbols? In other words—are we discovering Truth, or just wanking?”
