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An Extraordinary Amount Of Arrogance Is Present In Any Claim Of Having Been The First In Inventing Something.

Pictures Were Completely Eliminated From Mathematics; In Particular When I Was Young This Happened In A Very Strong Fashion.

Now That I Near 80, I Realize With Wistful Pleasure That On Many Occasions I Was 10, 20, 40, Even 50 Years Ahead Of My Time.

Everything Is Roughness, Except For The Circles. How Many Circles Are There In Nature? Very, Very Few. The Straight Lines. Very Shapes Are Very, Very Smooth. But Geometry Had Laid Them Aside Because They Were Too Complicated.

Clouds Are Not Spheres, Mountains Are Not Cones, Coastlines Are Not Circles, And Bark Is Not Smooth, Nor Does Lightning Travel In A Straight Line.