"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity."
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About Andre Weil
Andre Weil was a French mathematician known for his foundational contributions to algebraic geometry and number theory. Born in 1906 in Paris, Weil studied mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure and later pursued a career in academia. He made significant advancements in pure mathematics, particularly in the fields of arithmetic geometry and automorphic forms. Weil also had a profound impact on the development of modern algebraic geometry through his work on schemes and the Weil conjectures.
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