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In brief, the whole world is the totality of mathematically expressible motions of objects in space and time, and the entire universe is a great, harmonious, and mathematically designed machine.
Morris Kline
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Morris Kline
Age: 84 †
Born: 1908
Born: May 1
Died: 1992
Died: June 10
Historian Of Mathematics
Mathematician
Professor Of Mathematics
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