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Cool, earnest, classical in form and spare.
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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- Author
- John Derbyshire
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 435
- Publisher
- Plume, Joseph Henry Press, National Academies Press
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780452285255
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“In August 1859, Bernhard Riemann was made a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy, a great honor for a young mathematician (he was 32).”
John Derbyshire is a British-born American paleoconservative political commentator, writer, journalist and computer programmer. He formerly wrote a column in National Review before moving to a staff position at the white nationalist website VDARE, where he continues to work. *--Wikipedia*
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