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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
I practically flunked calculus and I know him. -- nm
Posted by
loosilu (aka loosilu2)
Oct 21 '10, 10:13
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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
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all your comp sci guys should know him - he invented binary. -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 21, 10:18
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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
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