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12-18-2004, 04:07 AM
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In G. H. Hardy's A Mathematician's Apology, he raises that point quite seriously in defense of mathematics as a career choice. The book was written not long after World War II, when applied science had just proven its ability to kill millions in an instant; Hardy was a fierce opponent of the war and found comfort in the fact that no one will ever be killed by a transcendental number or a definite integral.
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