We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions. (Whitfield Diffie)

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

Whitfield Diffie

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