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News from the world of maths:

Submitted by plusadmin on February 21, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Recent research suggests that generalists can thrive in society, even though most theories of evolution, and even Greek philosopher Plato, argue that individuals who perform specialist tasks are more likely to succeed.

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