Friday, April 9, 2010

Almost missed it (thanks, TedTheCat!)

Tom Lehrer
Born April 9, 1928 (age 82)

Happy Birthday, Mr. Lehrer!

... non-Euclidean geometry:
Nikolai Lobachevsky
... Lobachevsky really DID independently discover a non-Euclidean geometry - though long accused of plagiarism.

... and then there's Mr. Lehrer's tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan
(everyone's favorite G&S patter song):

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