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The Mean Value Theorem is the midwife of calculus - not very important or glamorous by itself, but often helping to deliver other theorems that are of major significance.
Edward Mills Purcell
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Edward Mills Purcell
Age: 84 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 30
Died: 1997
Died: March 7
Nuclear Physicist
Physicist
University Teacher
Taylorville
Illinois
Edward Purcell
Ed Purcell
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