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1、Mathematics:QueenandServantoftheSciencesAuthor(s):MichaelAtiyahSource:ProceedingsoftheAmericanPhilosophicalSociety,Vol.137,No.4,250thAnniversaryIssue(Dec.,1993),pp.527-531Publishedby:AmericanPhilosophicalSocietyStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/987071Acce
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