Pure mathematics is on the ... by G. H. Hardy, a British Mathematician

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“Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.”

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G. H. Hardy

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Name: G. H. Hardy

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Feb 7, 1877

Date of Death: Dec 1, 1947

Profession: Mathematician

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