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Paysages Mathématiques
Paysages Mathématiques
@paysmaths@mathstodon.xyz  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

"A large part of mathematics which became useful developed with absolutely no desire to be useful, and in a situation where nobody could possibly know in what area it would become useful; and there were no general indications that it ever would be so." – John von Neumann (1903–1957)
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Photographic portrait of John von Neumann, and a quote : "A large part of mathematics which became useful developed with absolutely no desire to be useful, and in a situation where nobody could possibly know in what area it would become useful; and there were no general indications that it ever would be so."
Photographic portrait of John von Neumann, and a quote : "A large part of mathematics which became useful developed with absolutely no desire to be useful, and in a situation where nobody could possibly know in what area it would become useful; and there were no general indications that it ever would be so."
Photographic portrait of John von Neumann, and a quote : "A large part of mathematics which became useful developed with absolutely no desire to be useful, and in a situation where nobody could possibly know in what area it would become useful; and there were no general indications that it ever would be so."
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