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Shouldn't it be the man who calculated? Contar is to count.
by guelo 13y ago
Shouldn't it be the man who calculated? Contar is to count.
- ableal 13y agoI'd guess the English title is a play on the phrase "The Man Who Counts" (in the sense of 'who matters'), which is also the title of at least one book ( http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Counts-Poul-Anderson/dp/0441519024 http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Counts-Poul-Anderson/dp/044151... , a good tale).
- tokenadult 13y agoWhatever it might have been in English, the title of his book in English is The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures,[1] and the news report in English kindly submitted here refers to the book by its familiar English title. (I have known of this book since before Hacker News existed.) [1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Who-Counted-Mathematical/dp/0393309347 http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Who-Counted-Mathematical/dp/03...
- pmelendez 13y agoYou are right, that was odd to me the first time that I saw the translation in English. It might fit thought since the character is presented as a person that have an exceptional ability to count really fast.