I've heard the "coffee->theorems" quote attributed to Paul Turán, although it is frequently misattributed to Paul Erdös (who preferred speed to caffeine).
Common snarky reply (also misattributed to Erdös, who would never have been so crude): "A computer scientist is a machine for turning coffee into urine."
Obvious unattributed variant: "A topologist is a meachine for turning donuts into theorems."
So by transitivity, a computational topologist....
Hey Suresh,
ReplyDeleteI think the Erdos quote relates to going without amphetamines, not coffee (http://bookbuzz.com/MBIO_About_Erdos.htm). Nabil.
I've heard the "coffee->theorems" quote attributed to Paul Turán, although it is frequently misattributed to Paul Erdös (who preferred speed to caffeine).
ReplyDeleteCommon snarky reply (also misattributed to Erdös, who would never have been so crude): "A computer scientist is a machine for turning coffee into urine."
Obvious unattributed variant: "A topologist is a meachine for turning donuts into theorems."
So by transitivity, a computational topologist....