Yuri Ivanovitch Manin (born February 16, 1937) is a Russian-German mathematician, known for work in algebraic geometry and diophantine geometry, and many expository works ranging from mathematical logic to theoretical physics.

Quotes

  • The twentieth century return to Middle Age scholastics taught us a lot about formalisms. Probably it is time to look outside again. Meaning is what really matters.
    • in an edition by Felix E. Browder (1976). Mathematical developments arising from Hilbert problems, Volume 28, Part 1. American Mathematical Society Bookstore. p. 36. ISBN 0821814281. 
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