To my wife Marganit

and my children Ella Rose and Daniel Adam

without whom this book would have

been completed two years earlier

             from An Introduction to Algebraic Topology, by  Joseph J Rotman    

I must confess I haven't read the book, but found the familiar quote once more on Buzzfeed :))

photo from : National Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson High School, Bubley, Esther 1948

My favourite quote from a long and brilliant film, reference now lost:

     "He was unafraid of time."