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From: Kenny on 22 Jun 2008 21:11
Ok, so I am sitting here looking at this killer Algebra application now
that I just gave it a wicked makeover and I need medals for the kids,
gold, silver, and bronze depending on how they do one each mission (you
know, quiz). So I need to know the three greatest mathematicians, or
something like that.

Candidates?

I already have a great JPG of Einstein -- gotta go with the recognition
factor -- and I have another great image of a mathematician I pretty
much have to use (McCarthy) so that only leaves one slot and it would be
nice to show respect for women and have a babe in there so of course I
am thinking Anna Kournikova... at some point tho I might veer
uncharacteristically towards sanity and want a sorted list of the
greatest mathematicians, mebbe more than three, so... who are they?

btw, I am thinking McCarthy is the gold -- Lisp beats E=m^2/c by a mile.

kt
From: Brian on 22 Jun 2008 21:23
On Jun 22, 8:11 pm, Kenny <kentil...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so I am sitting here looking at this killer Algebra application now
> that I just gave it a wicked makeover and I need medals for the kids,
> gold, silver, and bronze depending on how they do one each mission (you
> know, quiz). So I need to know the three greatest mathematicians, or
> something like that.
>
> Candidates?
Euler?
From: Sohail Somani on 22 Jun 2008 21:30
Kenny wrote:
> Ok, so I am sitting here looking at this killer Algebra application now
> that I just gave it a wicked makeover and I need medals for the kids,
> gold, silver, and bronze depending on how they do one each mission (you
> know, quiz). So I need to know the three greatest mathematicians, or
> something like that.
>
> Candidates?
>
> I already have a great JPG of Einstein -- gotta go with the recognition
> factor -- and I have another great image of a mathematician I pretty
> much have to use (McCarthy) so that only leaves one slot and it would be
> nice to show respect for women and have a babe in there so of course I
> am thinking Anna Kournikova... at some point tho I might veer
> uncharacteristically towards sanity and want a sorted list of the
> greatest mathematicians, mebbe more than three, so... who are they?
>
> btw, I am thinking McCarthy is the gold -- Lisp beats E=m^2/c by a mile.

Grace Hopper.

From: Leandro Rios on 22 Jun 2008 21:32
Kenny escribi�:
> Ok, so I am sitting here looking at this killer Algebra application now
> that I just gave it a wicked makeover and I need medals for the kids,
> gold, silver, and bronze depending on how they do one each mission (you
> know, quiz). So I need to know the three greatest mathematicians, or
> something like that.
>
> Candidates?
>
Maybe this helps:

http://james.fabpedigree.com/mathmen.htm

Leandro
From: Kenny on 22 Jun 2008 22:57
Leandro Rios wrote:
> Kenny escribi�:
>> Ok, so I am sitting here looking at this killer Algebra application
>> now that I just gave it a wicked makeover and I need medals for the
>> kids, gold, silver, and bronze depending on how they do one each
>> mission (you know, quiz). So I need to know the three greatest
>> mathematicians, or something like that.
>>
>> Candidates?
>>
> Maybe this helps:
>
> http://james.fabpedigree.com/mathmen.htm
>
> Leandro

Oh, man, good call, reminds me (tho that lists him only as an also-ran):
Muhammed ibn Musa al-Khowarizmi! He wrote the book on Algebra!
Literally. Not sure where I can get a picture, tho. Maybe I can give
Anna a beard...

Thx!

kt
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