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		salty_biscuits on Dec 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why introductory chemistry is boring: a long-term ... Almost nothing is known about who Euclid was. Might not have even been a single person.

hyperpallium on Jan 5, 2020 [–]

You might be other things as well, but if you write a textbook on pure mathematics, you are a pure mathematician.

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