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William Paul Thurston , známy aj ako Bill Thurston, bol americký matematik a profesor matematiky a informatiky na Cornellovej univerzite.Je známy ako priekopník v oblasti nízkorozmernej topológie. V roku 1982 dostal Fieldsovu medailu. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. október 1946 – 21. august 2012
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“The term `geometry'...refers to a pattern of processing within our brains related to our spatial and visual senses, more than it refers to a separate content area of mathematics.”

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William Thurston

Foreword to Teichmüller Theory

“People can be fooled into thinking of mathematics as logical, formal, symbolic reasoning. But this is far from reality...computers are far better at formal computation and formal reasoning, but humans are far better mathematicians.”

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William Thurston

Foreword to Teichmüller Theory

“The most important thing about mathematics is how it resides in the human brain.”

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William Thurston

Foreword to Teichmüller Theory