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5 points by spydez on Jan 21, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I don't have the source handy, but I remember reading that during his lifetime, Euler was responsible for one third of the entire world's output of new work in the Mathematical Sciences (Maths, Physics and Optics I guess).

ONE THIRD!

(I think it was from this book: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-through-Genius-Theorems-Mathem...)




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