"What was the effect of non-Euclidean geometry on the future progress of mathematics? ...Mathematics passed from serfdom to freedom. Up to [that] time... mathematicians were fettered to the physical world. ...Had not the history of non-Euclidean geometry shown that seemingly absurd ideas may prove to be not only illuminating but of actual use to science? ...Mathematicians found their house burned to the ground only to find gold under the floor boards."
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