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Mathematics Quote by John Von Neumann

“By and large it is uniformly true that in mathematics…” quote by John Von Neumann
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“By and large it is uniformly true that in mathematics there is a time lapse between a mathematical discovery and the moment it becomes useful; and that this lapse can be anything from 30 to 100 years, in some cases even more; and that the whole system seems to function without any direction, without any reference to usefulness, and without any desire to do things which are useful.”

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