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"There exist only two kinds of modern mathematics books: ones which you cannot read beyond the first page and ones which you cannot read beyond the first senten
by more_original 10y ago
"There exist only two kinds of modern mathematics books: ones which you cannot read beyond the first page and ones which you cannot read beyond the first sentence." -- Chen Ning Yang
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoSince Yang's name is probably not familiar to most HNers, I'll just add that he's a theoretical quantum physicist; Nobel Price in 1957, etc etc.