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| "In the world there are various categories of scientists: there are people of a secondary or tertiary standing; there are also those of high standing who make discoveries of great importance to science; then there are geniuses like Galileo and Newton. Well, Ettore was one of them." Enrico Fermi |
Leonardo Sciascia
A couple of weeks ago I read a fascinating article about the Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman who solved a previously insoluble problem presented in 1904. After providing proofs he refused all awards and returned to Russia where he's been incommunicado ever since. On occasion it seems there are a few who prefer to step away.
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