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Like Mozart’s, Bernhard Riemann’s life was short but marvelously creative. He solved several of the most difficult problems in pure and applied mathematics, introduced entirely new concepts and techniques, and profoundly changed the way in which mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers view space.1
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© 1996 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden
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Casey, J. (1996). Riemann (1826–1866). In: Exploring Curvature. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80274-3_17
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