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“The mathematician who pursues his studies without clear views of this matter, must often have the uncomfortable feeling that his paper and pencil surpass him in intelligence.”

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Ernst Mach
Ernst Mach

Physicist and philosopher from Austria, born on February 18, 1838, and died on February 19, 1916. more

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