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of being one of the greatest scientists/mathematicians ever

she calculated rocket trajectories, by hand

BY HAND


racism?

her achivements is on the level of Einstein and Von Neumann

>> No.9189763

>computing numbers is comparable to deriving theorems and the underlying principles of the universe

>> No.9189768

Because it's not real.

>> No.9190282

>>9189763
ok maybe not as great as einstein

but she is von neumann tier

>> No.9190435

>>9190282
But arenMt a majority of Von Neumann's works completely useless? Read several of his works in economics and it was interesting theoretically but also wrong theorically and practically

>> No.9190447

>>9189757
>>>/pol/

>> No.9190465

>>9190435
>Read several of his works in economics and it was interesting theoretically but also wrong theorically and practically

It's actually the exact opposite. Von neumanns work opened up entirely new branches of economics

>> No.9190477

>>9190435
you do realize that von neumann is responsible for mathematical game theory

>> No.9190782

>>9190282
>Not as great as a popmeme brainlet
>But she is a literal eldergod

Not sure what you mean by this

>> No.9190865

she calculated rocket trajectories BY HER HAND

what has Von Neumann done to be even close to that?

>> No.9190884

>>9189757
She was a good calculator but she doesn't even come close to Einstein or Neumann.

>> No.9191067

>>9190435
Father Monte Carlo methods(massive used on computation,physics,stats,simulation),Ergodic theory,operator theory build math foundation quantum mechanic.

But most people know works on computer as suggest ALU based compute and some memory compute architecture are best way build computer plus create merge sort.

>> No.9191180

Neumann couldn't do rocket calculation like she could

>> No.9191248

>>9191067
i thought the monte carlo method was done by ulam?

>> No.9191264

>>9191248
Ulam theory, von system code

>> No.9191266

>>9191264
can you explain?

>> No.9191333

>>9191264
?

>> No.9191338

>>9189757
>did basic calculations by hand
Okay?
I bet most physics/math graduate students could do the same just as easily.

>> No.9191346

>>9191266
Considering that anon posts like some sort of shit AI, no.

>> No.9191421

>>9189757
>most impressive
Coming up with the theories
>second most impressive
Programming something to make use of those theories
>least impressive
Doing the calculations themselves

>> No.9191718
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9191718

>>9189757

You sure that's a woman?

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9191727

>>9189757
>Computed calculations other people told her to compute using methods other people discovered
>Computed calculations other people told her to compute
>Computed calculations

So she's basically the equivalent of an applied math grad student, but a long time ago

kys OP

>> No.9191730

>>9189757
Why are all smart black people at least half white? She's clearly at least 3/4th white.

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9191731

>>9191727

>That Bill Nye Quote


The irony, the poor man has truly gone mad.

>> No.9192216

wasn't von neumann's most famous achievement, game theory


proven wrong, because people are not always perfectly rational

>> No.9192236

>>9191731
>>9191727
The Nye quote and Dawkins quotes are actually very reasonable.

>> No.9192616

>>9189757
Do you praise your calculator for being smart?

>>9191421
This.

She did the least creative part.

>> No.9192747

>>9189757
The only reason that she could calculate rocket trajectories is because Tommy Lee Jones' character in Men In Black is based off of her life. She was given the formulas by extraterrestrials from another dimension.

>> No.9192772

>>9190282
Agreed, von neumann is shit

>> No.9192781

>>9191421
Exactly.

>> No.9193437

look OP i get you watched that shity movie hidden figures but there were around 6 other people who did the exact same job as her and no one at NASA actually gave a shit whether or not she used the "white" bathroom. The movie over blows slight problems that she may have faced. but she was quite well respected by most of her fellow data analysts/ mathematicians. And her work was as special as the movie makes it seem... as in any applied maths grad could do it.

>> No.9193446

>>9190282
> plug'n'play

>> No.9193796

>>9193437
why do people praise Einstein's General Relativity more so than Katherine's work?