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ITT: Your favorite scientists/mathematicians of all time.

Pic somewhat related, although I love Euler.

>> No.3967817
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3967817

tough one..
him or aristotle

>> No.3967826

>>3967800
I didn't know Einstein had a tattoo!

>> No.3967844
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3967844

DICK FEYNMAN

>> No.3968168
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3968168

bertie, no contest.. not only was he a great scientist, mathematician and philosopher, but a sage

>> No.3968182
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3968182

>> No.3968186
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3968186

david hilbert ftw

>> No.3968200
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3968200

Einstein was wrong, faggots.

>> No.3968202

EULER EULER
EULER
EULER
EULER
EULER THE GREATEST OF ALL

>> No.3968204

>>3968200
testing's not over yet, faggot. and get off tesla's nuts, he was a genius but jesus christ you pieces of shit online overrate him so much.

>> No.3968214

For math, Erdos just because he was such a nut.

For science, maybe Einstein just because always childhood fascination and then-ignorance about any other scientists.

>> No.3968224

>>3968200
>>3968200
>>3968200
>>3968200
>>3968200
>>3968200
>>3968200
>>3968200
<span class="math">\rlap { \lower{-1.5em}{You ~can't~ travel }} \rlap { \lower{-1.9em}{Cant}} \rlap { \lower{-2.5em}{~~~~~~~~can't ~travel~ the~ speed}} \rlap { \lower{0.6em}{of~ light}} \rlap { \lower{0.5em}{of ~~light}} \rlap { \lower{1.9em}{only~ a~ fraction}} \rlap { \lower{2.5em}{~~~~~fraction }} \rlap { \lower{2.7em}{~~~~~~fraction }} \rlap { \lower{3.4em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0.999^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} \rlap { \lower{3.5em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=1}} \rlap { \lower{3.4em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=1}} \rlap { \lower{4.2em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}} \rlap { \lower{4.25em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}} \rlap { \lower{4.1em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}} \rlap { \lower{4.7em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}}[/spoiler]

>> No.3968232

>>3968204
no, Tesla is not over-rated. Most people don't even know who he was.

>> No.3968234

Newton.

There is simply no other choice.

>> No.3968262

>>3968234
>>3968234
This

>> No.3968265

>>3968224
\rlap { \lower{-1.5em}{You ~can't~ travel }} \rlap { \lower{-1.9em}{Cant}} \rlap { \lower{-2.5em}{~~~~~~~~can't ~travel~ the~ speed}} \rlap { \lower{0.6em}{of~ light}} \rlap { \lower{0.5em}{of ~~light}} \rlap { \lower{1.9em}{only~ a~ fraction}} \rlap { \lower{2.5em}{~~~~~fraction }} \rlap { \lower{2.7em}{~~~~~~fraction }} \rlap { \lower{3.4em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0.999^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} \rlap { \lower{3.5em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=1}} \rlap { \lower{3.4em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=1}} \rlap { \lower{4.2em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}} \rlap { \lower{4.25em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}} \rlap { \lower{4.1em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}} \rlap { \lower{4.7em}{you~ can't ~travel ~at ~the ~speed ~of ~light}}

>> No.3968276

>>3968224
<span class="math">rlap { \lower{-1.5em}{The ~earth~ is }} \rlap { \lower{-1.9em}{Earth}} \rlap { \lower{-2.5em}{~~~~~~~~The ~earth~ is~ flat}} \rlap { \lower{0.6em}{it's~ flat}} \rlap { \lower{0.5em}{the ~~earth}} \rlap { \lower{1.9em}{can't~go~ around}} \rlap { \lower{2.5em}{~~~~~no~curvature }} \rlap { \lower{2.7em}{~~~~~~flat }} \rlap { \lower{3.4em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0.000^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0^{0}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} \rlap { \lower{3.5em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=1}} \rlap { \lower{3.4em}{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=1}} \rlap { \lower{4.2em}{the~ earth ~is ~completely ~flat}} \rlap { \lower{4.25em}{moon~landing~hoax}} \rlap { \lower{4.1em}{You~can't~go~around~the~earth}} \rlap { \lower{4.7em}{you~ can't ~go ~around ~the ~earth}}[/spoiler]

>> No.3968281
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3968281

Andrew wiles

>> No.3968286

>>3968281
call me back when he solves Riemann-Zeta
That ones actually useful

>> No.3968287

>>3968200

Tesla meant exactly what he said. As in neutrons the nucleons, which he was wrong about.

Also a bullet would create large vortices in a bank of fog as it passes through, so that's a rather poor simile.

>> No.3968293

>>3968286

proving fermats last theorem was a beautiful thing. don't troll me

>> No.3968309

>>3968281
Fucking SIR Andrew Wiles, the fag was knighted you know

>> No.3968324

>>3968309

didn't know that

>> No.3968326

>>3968293
no no, it was pretty cool, but noone actually understands what he did, and the implications of fermats last theorem aren't as large as something like riemann zeta.
I'll go back to reading my book about FTL now.

>> No.3968330

>>3968214
god erdos was fucking awesome

between his amphetamine usage and his crazy vocabulary

:

Children were referred to as "epsilons" (because in mathematics, particularly calculus, an arbitrarily small positive quantity is commonly denoted by that Greek letter (ε));
Women were "bosses";
Men were "slaves";
People who stopped doing math had "died";
People who physically died had "left";
Alcoholic drinks were "poison";
Music was "noise";
People who had married were "captured";
People who had divorced were "liberated";
To give a mathematical lecture was "to preach" and
To give an oral exam to a student was "to torture" him/her.

>> No.3968335

>>3968293
it's cool and all but functionally useless

riemann-zeta would be profound implications

as would p=np

>> No.3968339
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3968339

Roger Tsien

>> No.3968338

So, did Fermat actually have a proof for his last theorem or was he just trolling us all

>> No.3968337

>>3968335
Because, of course, p does equal np without a doubt...

>> No.3968343

>>3968337
if p!=np nothing really changes, everyone expects that. sure you get your prize and it's good to know but nothing like if p=np

>> No.3968347

>>3968338
He said he did, but none was ever published. It is suspected he did not considering the tools Wiles used in his approach were not developed at the time. Of course there are other ways to produce a proof, but since we have found no evidence of his, I guess we'll never know.

>> No.3968349
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3968349

S=k*ln(w) has had a far bigger impact on science then e=mc^2

>> No.3968351

>>3968343
Okay, but I was remarking on your desire for a proof of p=np, when this simply may not be the case. A proof of the opposite, of course, would be just as good for everyone.

>> No.3968354

>>3968347
>be a merely average mathematician in the course of history
>want to be famous
>come up with an incredibly difficult to prove theorm that seems to be true
>make a joke that says "it won't fit on this piece of paper"
>never actually do any work to solve it
>name live on in infamy because people thought you did

clever.

>> No.3968355

>>3968338
>>3968347
As I recall, it was suspected that he did not, because after he wrote in his margin about a proof, he proceeded to prove special cases.

Probably he thought he had a proof, but found a flaw.

>> No.3968359

>>3968343
watch as we get some proof that p!=np cannot be proven under ZFC

>> No.3968366

>>3968349
>come up with an equation
>never even think to measure the value of the constant
oh boltzmann you card