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"
A bit of an oversight, oops. I focused mostly on physicists despite my math background. -- nm
"
by
Krusty
and what's up with the lack of mathematicians? Descartes, Leibniz. -- nm
Posted by
loosilu (aka loosilu2)
Oct 21 '10, 09:54
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Responses:
I think she was going for people that most people have heard of.
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Jim
Oct 21, 09:57
42
anyone who took math beyond algebra knows Leibniz. -- nm
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loosilu
Oct 21, 10:00
35
I like the idea of this because you could say "I'm going into Liebniz to do some notation" -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:12
can't let this go by without reposting this link... -- (link)
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znufrii
Oct 21, 10:06
1
Ha! :-) -- nm
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Krusty
Oct 21, 10:09
I took math beyond algebra....I have no clue who did what.... -- nm
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Will Hunting
Oct 21, 10:06
Techinically, I did (I struggled through advanced algebra) and if Leibniz was mentioned I don't recall him. -- nm
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mara
Oct 21, 10:03
3
Know what, Ima change my answer. Technically, I didn't. -- nm
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mara
Oct 21, 10:04
2
since you popped up, you made me think of Gutenberg. -- nm
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loosilu
Oct 21, 10:05
1
Three Equations and a Baby? -- nm
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zork
Oct 21, 10:19
If you took calculus you should have heard his name. Amazing genius. -- nm
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Krusty
Oct 21, 10:03
No, they don't. -- nm
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Jim
Oct 21, 10:02
25
beyond algebra. You can't take calculus without coming across Leibniz. -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:03
24
And yet...I did. Calc 1-2-3 and Diff EQ.
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Jim
Oct 21, 10:08
7
This would be like learning about quantum mechanics without hearing the name Schroedinger. -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:09
6
We were too busy learning how the math worked and not who did the math in the first place; in my experience. -- nm
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Will Hunting
Oct 21, 10:12
Leibniz doesn't have a cat named after him.
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musubi
Oct 21, 10:11
Again...not saying I didn't hear it. Just saying I don't remember it and that he's not well known. -- nm
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Jim
Oct 21, 10:10
3
and if *Jim* doesn't remember it it must not be at all culturally significant.
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znufrii
Oct 21, 10:11
2
Jim's not saying he's not culturally significant though.
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musubi
Oct 21, 10:14
1
whatever Jim says is right, obvie. -- nm
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znufrii
Oct 21, 10:19
yeah it's the diff eq's where he really hits....nm
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x
Oct 21, 10:05
15
thank you. of course he's not obscure. -- nm
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loosilu
Oct 21, 10:06
14
We have different definitions of obscure then. -- nm
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Will Hunting
Oct 21, 10:06
13
he and newton basically invented calculus between them. that's pretty big time....nm
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x
Oct 21, 10:10
11
Yeah.....not saying he's not important....just learning math names wasn't ever important in any of the schooling I did. -- nm
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Will Hunting
Oct 21, 10:13
He's certainly important, but most people who take high-level math don't retain the subject matter, much less the historical context.
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musubi
Oct 21, 10:13
8
maybe so. i never went past calc 101, myself....nm
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x
Oct 21, 10:16
I practically flunked calculus and I know him. -- nm
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loosilu
Oct 21, 10:13
6
I would wager good money that if you went though my work place, full of engineers, no more than 20% would know who Leibniz is, without some clues.
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musubi
Oct 21, 10:16
4
all your comp sci guys should know him - he invented binary. -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:18
1
The only comp sci guys in my work place are IT gnomes in the basement.
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musubi
Oct 21, 10:20
agreed -- nm
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zork
Oct 21, 10:17
do it. -- nm
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loosilu
Oct 21, 10:16
Maybe if you spent more time on the math and not who did it, you wouldn't have practically flunked calc. :) -- nm
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Will Hunting
Oct 21, 10:15
Leibniz also had the benefit of not being a prick. -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:10
Word. -- nm
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Jim
Oct 21, 10:09
Pythagoras!!!!!!! -- nm
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zork
Oct 21, 09:58
Yeah, who ever heard of Descartes. -- nm
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mara
Oct 21, 09:58
4
He's before Dehorse, right? -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:02
3
Boooooooo!! -- nm
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Lon_cHaneY
Oct 21, 10:04
and you hopped on me for my ruminant joke?....nm
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x
Oct 21, 10:03
1
booing is a sign of approval for a pun! -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:04
and I'd like to nominate Mandelbrot (may he RIP). -- nm
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loosilu
Oct 21, 09:55
2
I said Pascal who was both an accomplished physicist and mathematician. Here's another and a favorite, Christiaan Huygens. -- nm
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Krusty
Oct 21, 10:00
1
telescope man! I'm also a fan of Robert Hooke. -- nm
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loosilu
Oct 21, 10:03
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