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Gian-Carlo Rota

American mathematician and philosopher (1932-1999).

Born April 27th, 1932 in Vigevano.

Died April 18th, 1999 at 66 years old in Cambridge.

Occupations
mathematician, philosopher, university teacher
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde