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William Thurston Quotes

1946–2012 United States

William Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946 - August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology.

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The most important thing about mathematics is how it resides in the human brain.

Mathematics is primarily a tool for human thought.

People can be fooled into thinking of mathematics as logical, formal, symbolic reasoning. But this is far from reality...computers are far better at formal computation and formal reasoning, but humans are far better mathematicians.

The term `geometry'...refers to a pattern of processing within our brains related to our spatial and visual senses, more than it refers to a separate content area of mathematics.

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