Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский) (December 1 1792–February 24 1856 (N.S.); November 20 1792–February 12 1856 (O.S.))) was a Russian mathematician.

In popular culture

In the 1950s, humorist, satirist, and mathematician Tom Lehrer wrote a song, inspired by a Danny Kaye routine about Stanislavsky, in which he credited Lobachevsky with teaching him the secret of success as a mathematician: plagiarism ("But remember always to call it please, 'research'.") Lehrer has noted that he chose Lobachevsky mainly because his name was reminiscent of Stanislavsky's, and not because Lobachevsky is particularly known for this misdemeanor.

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1950s - Humor - Satirist - Tom Lehrer - Danny Kaye - Stanislavsky - Plagiarism

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In Poul Anderson's novella "Operation Changeling" (F&SF, 1969; Operation Chaos, 1971), a group of sorcerers navigate a non-Euclidean universe with the assistance of the ghosts of Lobachevsky and Bolyai. (The novella also makes a reference to Lehrer's song.)

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Poul Anderson - Novella - F&SF - Operation Chaos

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