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In response to "We have different definitions of obscure then. -- nm" by Will Hunting

he and newton basically invented calculus between them. that's pretty big time....nm

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

in my definition, at least

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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

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