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Jordan Ellenberg is an American mathematician, author, and academic. Born in 1971, he is known for his contributions to number theory and algebraic geometry. Ellenberg's work is not only highly respected in the academic community but also accessible to a general audience, as evidenced by his book 'The Book of Infinity', which has received widespread acclaim.

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“Improbability, as described here, is a relative notion, not an absolute one; when we say an outcome is improbable, we are always saying, explicitly or not, that it is improbable under some set of hypotheses we've made about the underling mechanisms of the world.”

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“The ultimate reason for teaching kids to write a proof is not that the world is full of proofs. It's that the world is full of non-proofs, and grown-ups need to know the difference. It's hard to settle for a non-proof once you've really familiarized yourself with the genuine article.”

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Book:Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse

Source: Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse

“Недостатньо того, щоб дані узгоджувалися з вашою теорією; вони мусять не узгоджуватися із запереченням вашої теорії”

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Book:How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Source: How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

“My reading practice is one reason I mostly don't read electronically. Different books are in different rooms of my house, and one is in my backpack. Physical location tells me what book to read.”

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“André Weil always looked like that, not only when he talked about the devil.”

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“This is a collaboration between a complex analyst, a dynamical system expert, and an arithmetical algebraic geometer. It sounds like a joke, a complex analyst, a dynamical system expert, and an arithmetical algebraic geometer walk into a bar.”

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“I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major CEOs, more math major senators. But we won't get there unless we dump the stereotype that math is only worthwhile for kid geniuses.”

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“Improbable things happen a lot...”

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Born: 1971
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