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Maths often involves a great deal of creativity, not just cold, hard logic.

Drawn from what Peter Rowlett said

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creativity Making something new: where ideas come from, what conditions let them come, and whether a machine can have them.

What Peter Rowlett actually said

  1. Peter Rowlett British mathematician and lecturer in mathematics…
    “People like to position maths as cold, hard logic, quite distinct from creative pursuits. Actually, maths often involves a great deal of creativity.”

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