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Mathematics as Metaphor (Collected Works) Mathematics as Metaphor by Yuri Manin
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“In reality the biological function of thought is not to provoke but rather to prevent automatic action.”
― Yuri Manin, Mathematics as Metaphor
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“Pure mathematics is an immense organism built entirely and exclusively of ideas that emerge in the minds of mathematicians and live within these minds.”
― Yuri Manin, Mathematics as Metaphor
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“When Poincaré said that there are no solved problems, there are only problems which are more or less solved, he was implying that any question formulated in a yes/no fashion is an expression of narrow-mindedness.”
― Yuri Manin, Mathematics as Metaphor
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