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It was very interesting. I first didn't realize it was Wolfram's blog. I was split by the tone of the post, which seemed to be comparing the author to Leibniz a
by kghose 13y ago
It was very interesting. I first didn't realize it was Wolfram's blog. I was split by the tone of the post, which seemed to be comparing the author to Leibniz and which seemed to be a little pompous. It was an interesting bit of history about Leibniz at the end. I found the medal bit hilarious. Not quite as pompous, perhaps, a bit of harmless fun.
Anyhow, for math history buffs out there, if you go to Germany, drop by the Arithmeum in Bonn (http://www.arithmeum.uni-bonn.de/en/home/ http://www.arithmeum.uni-bonn.de/en/home/). It is a fun place to spend an afternoon.
- ofEverything 13y agoOf course he compares himself to Leibniz. After all, what Leibniz has written can be derived from the same letters that Wolfram is using and is, therefore, basically already included in Wolframs work: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/rR284ZDX360H6HC http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/rR284ZDX360H6HC
- infinity 13y agoConsidering that Leibniz was truly a gifted child of the Age of Enlightenment and a philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat, physicist, historian, politician, librarian and lawyer, who has left behind an opus of written documents that requires one whole dedicated Leibniz archive, I was indeed astonished by the tone of the author - comparing himself with Leibniz :)
- chm 13y agoI was actually surprised he didn't feel superior to Leibniz. I use Wolfram's products, but I absolutely can't stand the persona.
- npsimons 13y agoYeah seriously; a fragment of the first sentence: I’ve been curious about Gottfried Leibniz for years, not least because he seems to have wanted to build something like Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, and perhaps A New Kind of Science as well I don't think I've ever encountered hubris of that level before.