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Ask HN: Jews in Computer Science
I find fascinating the contributions to computer science by jewish computer scientists [0]. They really pioneered the field, especially cryptography, where they seem to dominate.
Is this a cultural thing? I'm not aware of any other field where a group of people has contributed as much as jews in CS.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_computer_scientists
- raxxorraxor 11mo agoAnd I thought crypto Jew meant something different.
- not-so-darkstar 11mo agoI too found it pretty funny
- kurtis_reed 11mo agoNot just American Jews but Israelis too. I assume it's cultural, like graphy theory in Hungary, probability in Russia
- jjgreen 11mo ago... and Italian algebraic geometry, careful now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_school_of_algebraic_geometry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_school_of_algebraic_ge...
- xenospn 11mo agoSame thing with physics. Probably the main reason Hitler never got his bomb.