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Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.

~Richard Courant

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For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?

~Richard Courant

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Mathematician

Born: January 8th, 1888

Died: January 27th, 1972

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