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In the 17th century, Isaac Newton, taking a breather from discovering the laws of nature, managed about 15 decimal places and said, I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations, having no other business at the time.

 

• EVEN MATHEMATICIANS CAN GET CARRIED AWAY JAMES GLEICK, NYTIMES, 1987-3-8
  

 

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