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Show HN: Trace the history of academia
Wikipedia often lists the doctoral advisors of famous scientists. I wanted to be able to pick a scientist and recursively find their mentors. This information has no practical value, but I thought it was interesting. John McCarthy's mentor history is especially awesome;
John McCarthy (computer scientist)
>> Solomon Lefschetz
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>> >> >> >> >> >> Carl Friedrich Gauss
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>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jakob Thomasius
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>> >> >> >> >> >> Siméon Denis Poisson
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph Louis Lagrange
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Leonhard Euler
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Johann Bernoulli
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Pierre-Simon Laplace
>> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph Fourier
- vedantk 16y agoWikipedia often lists the doctoral advisors of famous scientists. I wanted to be able to pick a scientist and recursively find their mentors. This information has no practical value, but I thought it was interesting. John McCarthy's mentor history is especially awesome; John McCarthy (computer scientist) >> Solomon Lefschetz ... >> >> >> >> >> >> Carl Friedrich Gauss ... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jakob Thomasius ... >> >> >> >> >> >> Siméon Denis Poisson >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph Louis Lagrange >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Leonhard Euler >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Johann Bernoulli >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Pierre-Simon Laplace >> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph Fourier
- innernette 16y agoInteresting! You should change the user-agent, though...