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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Hah! That was a question at Geeks Who Drink

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Sat Oct 9, 2021, 10:46 PM

Oct 2021

on Tuesday.

Another bit of trivia about Newton, although I suspect you already know this: When his university closed down because of plague, and he was stuck at home, he invented calculus. Clearly not a slacker.

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parsing the title of Newton's opus magnum [View all] Lionel Mandrake Oct 2021 OP

Yup. Igel Oct 2021 #1

Latin and Russian Lionel Mandrake Oct 2021 #3

Hah! That was a question at Geeks Who Drink PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #2

that was around 1660 Lionel Mandrake Oct 2021 #4

I took one semester of a business based calculus. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #5

According to Wikipedia, Isaac's mother rejected him. Lionel Mandrake Oct 2021 #6

Oh, my. I did not know that. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #7