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minus-squaremetallic_z3r0linkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoReminds me of Tom Lehrer’s Lobochevsky, with the lyrics: Who made me the genius I am today The mathematician that others all quote Who’s the professor that made me that way? The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat One man deserves the credit One man deserves the blame And Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name Ha! Nicolai Ivanovich Lobach— I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize Plagiarize Let no one else’s work evade your eyes Remember why the good Lord made your eyes So don’t shade your eyes But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize Only be sure always to call it please ‘research’ And ever since I meet this man My life is not the same And Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name Ha! Nicolai Ivanovich Lobach— I am never forget the day I am given first original paper to write It was on analytic and algebraic topology of locally Euclidean parameterization of infinitely differentiable Riemannian manifold, Bozhe moi! This I know from nothing What I’m going to do I think of great Lobachevsky and get idea - ha-ha-a! I have a friend in Minsk Who has a friend in Pinsk Whose friend in Omsk Has friend in Tomsk With friend in Akmolinsk His friend in Alexandrovsk Has friend in Petropavlovsk Whose friend somehow is solving now The problem in Dnepropetrovsk And when his work is done Ha-ha! - begins the fun From Dnepropetrovsk to Petropavlovsk By way of Iliysk and Novorossiysk To Alexandrovsk to Akmolinsk To Tomsk to Omsk to Pinsk to Minsk To me the news will run Yes, to me the news will run! And then I write By morning, night And afternoon And pretty soon My name in Dnepropetrovsk is cursed When he finds out I publish first! And who made me a big success And brought me wealth and fame? Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name Ha! Nicolai Ivanovich Lobach— I am never forget the day My first book is published Every chapter I stole from somewhere else Index I copy from old Vladivostok telephone directory This book was sensational! Pravda - well, Pravda - Pravda said: (Russian double-talk) It stinks But Izvestia! Izvestia said: (Russian double-talk) It stinks Metro-Goldwyn-Moskva buys movie rights for six million rubles Changing title to The Eternal Triangle With Brigitte Bardot playing part of hypotenuse And who deserves the credit? And who deserves the blame? Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name Ha!
Reminds me of Tom Lehrer’s Lobochevsky, with the lyrics:
Who made me the genius I am today
The mathematician that others all quote
Who’s the professor that made me that way?
The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat
One man deserves the credit
One man deserves the blame
And Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name
Ha!
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobach—
I am never forget the day
I first meet the great Lobachevsky
In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics:
Plagiarize
Plagiarize
Let no one else’s work evade your eyes
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes
So don’t shade your eyes
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize
Only be sure always to call it please ‘research’
And ever since I meet this man
My life is not the same
And Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name
Ha!
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobach—
I am never forget the day
I am given first original paper to write
It was on analytic and algebraic topology of locally Euclidean parameterization of infinitely differentiable Riemannian manifold, Bozhe moi!
This I know from nothing
What I’m going to do
I think of great Lobachevsky and get idea - ha-ha-a!
I have a friend in Minsk
Who has a friend in Pinsk
Whose friend in Omsk
Has friend in Tomsk
With friend in Akmolinsk
His friend in Alexandrovsk
Has friend in Petropavlovsk
Whose friend somehow is solving now
The problem in Dnepropetrovsk
And when his work is done
Ha-ha! - begins the fun
From Dnepropetrovsk to Petropavlovsk
By way of Iliysk and Novorossiysk
To Alexandrovsk to Akmolinsk
To Tomsk to Omsk to Pinsk to Minsk
To me the news will run
Yes, to me the news will run!
And then I write
By morning, night
And afternoon
And pretty soon
My name in Dnepropetrovsk is cursed
When he finds out I publish first!
And who made me a big success
And brought me wealth and fame?
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name
Ha! Nicolai Ivanovich Lobach—
I am never forget the day
My first book is published
Every chapter I stole from somewhere else
Index I copy from old Vladivostok telephone directory
This book was sensational!
Pravda - well, Pravda - Pravda said: (Russian double-talk)
It stinks
But Izvestia! Izvestia said: (Russian double-talk)
It stinks
Metro-Goldwyn-Moskva buys movie rights for six million rubles
Changing title to The Eternal Triangle
With Brigitte Bardot playing part of hypotenuse
And who deserves the credit?
And who deserves the blame?
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name
Ha!