/sci/ - Science & Math

Failed most of his exams, couldn't get into good schools, threw a blackboard eraser at an examiner, kicked out of school, threatened the king, had a secret love affair (maybe), killed in a duel at 20 years old. Spent his final week knowing that he was going to die violently, and wrote down all his mathematical knowledge, most of which wasn't understood or appreciated for a good 50 years.