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“Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.” quote by Antony Garrett Lisi — Download Open image

“Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.”

Antony Garrett Lisi

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