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ot, but who's today's Feynman? Do we have someone like him?
by luuurker 2y ago
ot, but who's today's Feynman? Do we have someone like him?
- tombert 2y agoNot exactly one to one, but I feel like Leslie Lamport kind of fits into that? Lamport has touched a ton of aspects of computer science and made many contributions, but manages to still explain things in a clear, easy-to-understand manner. I feel like his talks are just as fun to watch as they are educational, and I think his papers are generally very approachable while still being pretty information-dense.
- algernonramone 2y agoI would love to see him write a book, or even just publish a nice compendium of his papers ala Donald Knuth's Collected Papers series (with light editing/updating, background info, commentary, etc.) I think that would truly be a pleasure to read.
- tombert 2y agoI would too, though I should point out that I think all of Lamport's papers and books are free on his website: http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/pubs.html?from=https://research.microsoft.com/users/lamport/pubs/pubs.html&type=path http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/pubs.html?from=https:/... Some of them even have some basic background information if you click the link (e.g. Arbiter-Free Synchronization).
- trueismywork 2y agoMultiple people.
- tombert 2y agoSuch as?
- java-man 2y agoIn terms of science popularization, Sean Carroll [0], I would think. In terms of the scientific impact (read: major advance in science) we'll have to wait for quantum theory of gravity Nobel prize, probably. I could be wrong, of course. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_M._Carroll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_M._Carroll
- gajnadsgjoas 2y agoAndrej Karpathy