We must. . . maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand … - Hans Reichenbach

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I remember Grace (Coddington) looking at me and said, 'Can you do something?' and I was like, 'OK, how long do you give me?' and she said 'Half an hour?', I said 'Forty-five minutes?'

Hans Reichenbach

We must. . . maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand by space a visual structure that can be filled with objects - it is a pure theory of manifolds.

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