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by bradx3 6351 days ago
I don't have the source handy, but I remember reading that during his lifetime, Euler was responsible for one third of the entire world's output of new work in the Mathematical Sciences (Maths, Physics and Optics I guess).

ONE THIRD!

(I think it was from this book: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-through-Genius-Theorems-Mathem...)