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HydrolicKrane OP t1_j2fes4q wrote

How and why Kondrayuk's calculations got to the US is described in "Ukraine and the United States' e-book (in case someone is looking for details).

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SirHerald t1_j2fgt8a wrote

They need a better editor. Referring to "the Ukraine" and flying to the Koon.

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urbanek2525 t1_j2fh9fh wrote

Better to say:...a Ukrainian, self-taught mathematican...

The title reads like he taught himself to be a Ukranian

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BiBoFieTo t1_j2fknn1 wrote

Mankind just figured out flight and this legend was already working on going to the moon.

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Olympus___Mons t1_j2flo6d wrote

Was this taken seriously by his peers or was this calculation considered pseudoscience?

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Butwinsky t1_j2fq284 wrote

It's fun and sad to think about geniuses born before the time their genius was applicable.

Think of all the dudes and dudettes who may have had the skill and knack for programming the world's most advanced AI but they were born in 1825 Ireland.

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