Quote by Sofia Kovalevskaya
Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathema

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination. – Sofia Kovalevskaya

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