> ... number theory is the study of numbers [...]
> Geometry, on the other hand, studies shapes [...]
> But French mathematician André Weil had a penetrating
> insight that the two subjects are in fact closely related.
This pretty clearly says Weil came up with the idea of connecting number theory and geometry - or at least connecting them closely - which is very, very wrong.
> ... number theory is the study of numbers [...]
> Geometry, on the other hand, studies shapes [...]
> But French mathematician André Weil had a penetrating
> insight that the two subjects are in fact closely related.
This pretty clearly says Weil came up with the idea of connecting number theory and geometry - or at least connecting them closely - which is very, very wrong.