Here's an idea. When I taught "Algorithms and Data-Structures" to first years, it seemed right to spend a moment explaining that it was a Persian (Iraqi) philo

Here's an idea. When I taught "Algorithms and Data-Structures" to first years, it seemed right to spend a moment explaining that it was a Persian (Iraqi) philosopher from Baghdad called Al-Khwarizmi that the whole thing was named after. They were really interested and totally latched on to that. Even if they forgot everything about binary trees and depth-first, students would use any opportunity to demonstrate a treasured factoid of knowledge that it was "An Arab bloke called Ali Charisma who discovered algorithms". Maybe you can throw that swerve-ball at people who blame algorithms on the government and say Al Gore invented them.