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I do not think it is possible to understand contemporary mathematics without... some idea of... main features of its past.

— Jean Dieudonné Mathematics — The Music of Reason (1992)

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A mathematician, then, will be defined in what follows as someone who has published the proof of at least one non-trivial theorem.

Mathematics and Mathematicians (1992)

Nothing which is taught at a secondary school was discovered later than the year 1800. But not everything which was known before this... is taught there...

Mathematics — The Music of Reason (1992)

A mathematician... will be defined... as someone who has published the proof on at least one non-trivial theorem...

Mathematics — The Music of Reason (1992)

Even among physicists, apart from... work in quantum theory or relativity.., those who do experimental work use hardly any more mathematics than... known to Maxwell in 1860.

Mathematics — The Music of Reason (1992)

What a mathematician seeks above all... is to have... enough time to devote himself to his work... Remuneration is only of secondary importance...

Mathematics — The Music of Reason (1992)

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