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My own view is that no major advance was ever found as a result of a committee's recommendation... We should be honest in telling these agencies we often don't know where some ideas are going to lead, but we hope they are going to clarify a problem.

David Mumford

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David Mumford
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 11
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Worth
West Sussex
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