TheBlindPew

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[โ€“] TheBlindPew@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

The math fun fact I remember best from college is that Charles Boole invented Boolean algebra for his doctoral thesis and his goal was to create a branch of mathematics that was useless. For those not familiar with boolean algebra it works by using logic gates with 1s and 0s to determine a final 1 or 0 state and is subsequently the basis for all modern digital computing

The short story version is called Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang