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Mark Kac - Unrestricted abstraction tends to divert...
Unrestricted abstraction tends to divert attention from whole areas of application whose very discovery depends of the features that the abstract point of view rules out as being accidental. (Mark Kac)

Unrestricted abstraction tends to divert attention from whole areas of application whose very discovery depends of the features that the abstract point of view rules out as being accidental.

Mark Kac

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