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“A lot of the mathematics discoveries occur through lucky accidents like that, [Calabi notes]. It's often a matter of connecting up ideas that might seem unrelated and then exploiting the newfound connection.”

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Book:The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
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“Calabi-Yau manifolds, like math itself, are developing stories on a road that undoubtedly holds many twists and turns. It means there's always more to be learned, always more to be done. And for those of us who worry about keeping employed, keeping engaged, and keeping amused, it means there should be plenty of challenges, as well as fun, in the years ahead.”

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Book:Shape of a Life: One Mathematician's Search for the Universe's Hidden Geometry
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