ST Alpha - "yeah it's the diff eq's where he really hits....nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 160

In response to "beyond algebra. You can't take calculus without coming across Leibniz. -- nm" by Reagen

yeah it's the diff eq's where he really hits....nm

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Oct 21 '10, 10:05

he's not very obscure tho

Responses:

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

Post a message top

yeah it's the diff eq's where he really hits....nm

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.