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In response to "and what's up with the lack of mathematicians? Descartes, Leibniz. -- nm" by loosilu

I think she was going for people that most people have heard of.

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Oct 21 '10, 09:57

Almost every name listed in that main post was a person that Average Joe has (at the very least) heard of.

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anyone who took math beyond algebra knows Leibniz. -- nm - 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 - Reagen Oct 21, 10:12
- can't let this go by without reposting this link... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 21, 10:06 1
  - Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 10:09
- I took math beyond algebra....I have no clue who did what.... -- nm - 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 - mara Oct 21, 10:03 3
  - Know what, Ima change my answer. Technically, I didn't. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 10:04 2
    - since you popped up, you made me think of Gutenberg. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:05 1
      - Three Equations and a Baby? -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:19
- If you took calculus you should have heard his name. Amazing genius. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 10:03
- No, they don't. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 10:02 25
  - beyond algebra. You can't take calculus without coming across Leibniz. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:03 24
    - And yet...I did. Calc 1-2-3 and Diff EQ. - Jim Oct 21, 10:08 7
      - This would be like learning about quantum mechanics without hearing the name Schroedinger. -- nm - 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 - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:12
        
        Leibniz doesn't have a cat named after him. - 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 - Jim Oct 21, 10:10 3
        
        and if *Jim* doesn't remember it it must not be at all culturally significant. - znufrii Oct 21, 10:11 2
        
        Jim's not saying he's not culturally significant though. - musubi Oct 21, 10:14 1
        
        whatever Jim says is right, obvie. -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 10:19
    - yeah it's the diff eq's where he really hits....nm - x Oct 21, 10:05 15
      - thank you. of course he's not obscure. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:06 14
        
        We have different definitions of obscure then. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:06 13
        
        he and newton basically invented calculus between them. that's pretty big time....nm - 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 - 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. - musubi Oct 21, 10:13 8
        
        maybe so. i never went past calc 101, myself....nm - x Oct 21, 10:16
        
        I practically flunked calculus and I know him. -- nm - 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. - musubi Oct 21, 10:16 4
        
        all your comp sci guys should know him - he invented binary. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:18 1
        
        The only comp sci guys in my work place are IT gnomes in the basement. - musubi Oct 21, 10:20
        
        agreed -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:17
        
        do it. -- nm - 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 - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:15
        
        Leibniz also had the benefit of not being a prick. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:10
        
        Word. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 10:09
Pythagoras!!!!!!! -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:58
Yeah, who ever heard of Descartes. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 09:58 4
- He's before Dehorse, right? -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:02 3
  - Boooooooo!! -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 21, 10:04
  - and you hopped on me for my ruminant joke?....nm - x Oct 21, 10:03 1
    - booing is a sign of approval for a pun! -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:04

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