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Branko Grünbaum
(2 Oct 1929 - )
Yugoslavian-American mathematician who has written many papers in discrete geometry, and published several books, including Tilings and Patterns (1986) and Configurations of Points and Lines (2009).
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Science Quotes by Branko Grünbaum (1 quote)
Mathematicians have long since regarded it as demeaning to work on problems related to elementary geometry in two or three dimensions, in spite of the fact that it it precisely this sort of mathematics which is of practical value.
— Branko Grünbaum
As coauthor with and G.C. Shephard, in Handbook of Applicable Mathematics, Volume V, Combinatorics and Geometry (1985), v.

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) --
Carl Sagan
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