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General Overview
![Samuel Eilenberg](/yogsototh/category-theory-presentation/media/commit/60135c86970a5ad0117afe51396bf7d9ff43a54c/categories/10_Introduction/categories/img/eilenberg.gif)
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Recent Math Field
1942-45, Samuel Eilenberg & Saunders Mac Lane
Certainly one of the more abstract branches of math
- New math foundation
formalism abstraction, package entire theory★ - Bridge between disciplines
Physics, Quantum Physics, Topology, Logic, Computer Science☆
★: When is one thing equal to some other thing?, Barry Mazur, 2007
☆: Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone, John C. Baez, Mike Stay, 2009