@michael_nielsen I'd have missed it if not for your tweets.
Grothendieck's passing has gone largely unremarked by intellectuals who aren't tech or science specialists. 1/
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@sennoma It's almost like missing that Einstein or Darwin had died. Perhaps not quite-hard to judge. But a large thing to go unremarked! - 3 more replies
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@michael_nielsen Here in France it was in the news of at neast one major radio station. With a description of the importance of his work. -
@khinsen The NYT had an obit, and I've seen a few other pieces. But what I find strange is that public intellectuals are almost silent.
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@michael_nielsen same thing happened when Dennis Ritchie (co-inventor of Unix and C) passed away.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen people (in the US at least) don't idolize scientists anymore like they do entrepreneurs or entertainers. -
@michael_nielsen Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, Thiel, Musk etc, those are the real rock stars.
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