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Howard Whitley Eves (10 January 1911 New Jersey – 6 June 2004) American mathematician, known for his work in geometry and the history of mathematics.
"An expert problem solver must be endowed with two incompatible qualities, a restless imagination and a patient pertinacity." "A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence." Howard W. Eves
Source: Mathematical Circles, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1969.
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