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by b0rsuk
2405 days ago
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Pre-WW2 Poland also had a great math achievements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_School_of_Mathematic... The city Lwów, or Lviv as Ukrainians now call it, had a great school and the city changed hands during war. Also, Polish mathematicians from other universities played an important part in breaking the Enigma. They developed the Bombe, the cryptographic machine later sent to UK, which was then refined and used to break it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe More generally, I suspect it was something about the era and its culture that valued intellect and sciences. These days people like that are often put down as nerds. Leaders and extraverts are praised and set as examples. Celebrities are also a modern invention, I see them as something quite distinct from "stars". The only requirement to be a celebrity is to be popular. Also, these days people would rather worship CEOs. |
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