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The Way In Which Mathematicians And Physicists And Historians Talk Is Quite Different, And What A Physicist Means By Physical Intuition And What A Mathematician Means By Beauty Or Elegance Are Things Worth Thinking About.

-Clifford Geertz

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The Way In Which Mathematicians And Physicists

Clifford Geertz

The Way In Which Mathematicians And Physicists And Historians Talk Is Quite Different, And What A Physicist Means By Physical Intuition And What A Mathematician Means By Beauty Or Elegance Are Things Worth Thinking About.

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