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Post Closed as "Opinion-based" by Mikhail Katz, Alexandre Eremenko, ACR, Mauro ALLEGRANZA, Georg Essl
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Did Gauss really call Archimedes an Idiotidiot?

I was watching Johnny Ball's video about Archimedes and parabolasNumberphile's Parabolas and Archimedes featuring John Ball.

However, it is doubtful whether the Gauss quote quoted at the end of the video by Johnny Ball, "Oh the idiot! He discovered calculascalculus and he let it go through his fingers," is really what Gauss said.

Did Gauss really call Archimedes an Idiotidiot?

Did Gauss really call Archimedes an Idiot?

I was watching Johnny Ball's video about Archimedes and parabolas.

However, it is doubtful whether the Gauss quote quoted at the end of the video by Johnny Ball, "Oh the idiot! He discovered calculas and he let it go through his fingers," is really what Gauss said.

Did Gauss really call Archimedes an Idiot?

Did Gauss really call Archimedes an idiot?

I was watching Numberphile's Parabolas and Archimedes featuring John Ball.

However, it is doubtful whether the Gauss quote quoted at the end of the video by Johnny Ball, "Oh the idiot! He discovered calculus and he let it go through his fingers," is really what Gauss said.

Did Gauss really call Archimedes an idiot?

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Did Gauss really call Archimedes an Idiot?

I was watching Johnny Ball's video about Archimedes and parabolas.

However, it is doubtful whether the Gauss quote quoted at the end of the video by Johnny Ball, "Oh the idiot! He discovered calculas and he let it go through his fingers," is really what Gauss said.

Did Gauss really call Archimedes an Idiot?