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Re:Betty Shannon, Unsung Mathematical Genius by cedex12 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @04:26AM (#14854456)
> I could imagine several people in computing alone that might end up inventing three different fields.

I'm curious, who would those be?

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Re:Betty Shannon, Unsung Mathematical Genius by pelario on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @07:09AM (#14855188)
Newtonian physics, Gravitational theory and Differential calculus.
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Re:Betty Shannon, Unsung Mathematical Genius by empath75 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @09:37AM (#14856061)
At the time it was all just "natural philosophy."
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