送交者: sl 于 2006-3-30, 01:00:01:

János Bolyai,1802 - 1860
Between 1820 and 1823 Bolyai prepared a treatise on a complete system of non-Euclidean geometry.

In 1831 Farkas Bolyai sent to Gauss his son János Bolyai's work on the subject. Gauss replied
"to praise it would mean to praise myself."

据说János Bolyai知道Gauss的回话后非常郁闷。
对Gauss这头大牛,不会为了多一遍论文而贸然发表"non-Euclidean geometry"论文,但是对János Bolyai来说,一辈子就一篇论文。

搞研究的人,会发现学术界有一个大牛通吃现象。当你搞出什么新东西后,有必要去拜大牛吗?如果János Bolyai不去拜大牛,会不会写出第二,第三的论文呢?

• '大牛通吃' is the rule in academic both in China and USA - Fuzzlogic (100 bytes) 2006-3-30, 03:50:09
  • 牛 也得服从丛林法则 - 和气生财 (0 bytes) 2006-3-30, 07:34:32

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