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In Fact, I Barely Missed Being Number One In France In Both Schools. In Particular I Did Very Well In Mathematical Problems.

For Most Of My Life, One Of The Persons Most Baffled By My Own Work Was Myself.

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The Beauty Of What I Happened By Extraordinary Chance To Put Together Is That Nobody Would Have Believed That This Is Possible, And Certainly I Didn't Expect That It Was Possible. I Just Moved From Step To Step To Step.