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Ask HN: Jews in Computer Science
3 points by not-so-darkstar 52 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments
I find fascinating the contributions to computer science by jewish computer scientists [0]. They really pioneered the field, especially cryptography, where they seem to dominate.

Is this a cultural thing? I'm not aware of any other field where a group of people has contributed as much as jews in CS.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_computer_scientists



And I thought crypto Jew meant something different.


I too found it pretty funny


Not just American Jews but Israelis too. I assume it's cultural, like graphy theory in Hungary, probability in Russia


... and Italian algebraic geometry, careful now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_school_of_algebraic_ge...


Same thing with physics. Probably the main reason Hitler never got his bomb.




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