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beyond algebra. You can't take calculus without coming across Leibniz. -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Oct 21 '10, 10:03

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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

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