Author: Whitfield Diffie

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I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology and things like that.

I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology and things like that.

- Whitfield Diffie

I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable.

I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable.

- Whitfield Diffie

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

- Whitfield Diffie

I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.

I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.

- Whitfield Diffie

Two people can work on a problem better than one.

Two people can work on a problem better than one.

- Whitfield Diffie

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.

- Whitfield Diffie

No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented.

No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented.

- Whitfield Diffie

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much.

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much.

- Whitfield Diffie

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