Most were beginning to feel they had learned enough to last for the rest of their lives.

Image, Most were beginning to feel they had learned enough to last for the rest of their lives.

Most were beginning to feel they had learned enough to last for the rest of their lives. They remained mathematicians, but largely went their own way.

—Benoit Mandelbrot

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