The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry [as did Clifford], for geometry is only a part of the vaster domain which he renovated; it might even be just to designate him as a Copernicus of all thought.

~ Eric Temple Bell

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Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.

~ Eric Temple Bell

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