We've lost something that's... by Andrew Wiles, an English Mathematician

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“We've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention.”

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Andrew Wiles

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Name: Andrew Wiles

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: Apr 11, 1953

Profession: Mathematician

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