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Quotes from ‎Bryan John Birch, ‎Heini Halberstam — Harold Davenport

1907–1969 England

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Mathematicians are extremely lucky, they are paid for doing what they would by nature have to do anyway. One should not have a non-teaching fellowship too long, there comes a time when one must make a contribution to society. Great mathematics is achieved by solving difficult problems not by fabricating elaborate theories in search of a problem.

‎Bryan John Birch, ‎Heini Halberstam (1977)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Harold Davenport (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.