Stop Maths Persecution
In the interests of speaking up for Mathematicians the world over who struggle with persecution and scorn, this story represents a real low… a poor old German Mathematican who has been dead 450 years is being hounded for his TV license fees.
Leave the man alone! His only crime was loving algebra…
Actually, Adam Ries was a very interesting man whose impact on German culture was enormous because he published his works in German and not Latin. He’s also one of the prime reasons we’re not using Roman numerals. Hi V, dude!