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Examples of conjectures that were widely believed to be true but later proved false
@GerryMyerson Thanks Gerry, I checked the answers before posting mine, but not the comments. I would be happy to delete my answer if you advise so.
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Consequences of lack of rigour
@YCor See mathoverflow.net/q/127889/29316 for some examples of "many opposite extreme points of view" :)
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William Thurston's quote?
Thanks :) I am surprised why my search before posting the question didn't lead me to this book.
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William Thurston's quote?
@NateEldredge Great. I'll do. Meanwhile, I am not using it :)
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William Thurston's quote?
@NateEldredge The quote is wildly attributed to Thurston. I was about to "quote" it in a paper that I failed to find the source.
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Good "casual" advanced math books
Kirillov's is "What are numbers?"
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