"For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics."
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"All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it for laymen and people who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon.“
-Roger Bacon
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