On: The Secret Math Society Known as Nicolas Bourbaki

[frank2]

And yet the most impactful scientists, Newton and Darwin, spoke English, and the main way France industrialized was to copy developments in England.

[Kbelicius → frank2]

Ah, yes. Newton and Darwin the greatest products of modern Anglo-Saxon education.

[andi999 → frank2]

Maybe Newton spoke English, but didnt he publish in Latin?

[ever1 → frank2]

It is well known that France never had impactful scientists...

[throwaway_pdp09 → frank2]

Ramanujan was a brit. So was Leibnitz. Ditto archimedes. Gauss lived in brixton his whole life. All true.

[bdauvergne → frank2]

« Chauvinisme » ? :)