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John Milnor
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John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, algebraic K-theory and low-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems.
Quotes about John Milnor
His mathematical prose is simple, spare, and exceedingly beautiful. His prose style is to mathematics what Hemingway's is to English or Simenon's to French.
Donal O'Shea The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe http://books.google.com/books?id=x9VYri6ZgkkC&pg=PT280 30 October 2008 Penguin Books Limited 978-0-14-190034-6 280
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