History of Science and Technology Q&A (September 4, 2024)

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00:00:00: Start stream
00:01:32 SW starts talking
00:01:43 ​​When, for you, was a computational approach introduced to the scientific process, or the scientific culture?
00:42:15 Who began the trend of naming discoveries inventions etc after yourself?
00:48:24 Became clear? How? Pretty sure no one ever solved the 3 body equation
00:48:41 Commentary about naming conventions
01:00:20 The Trojan asteroids are named after characters from the Trojan War in Greek mythology because of the convention that started with the discovery of the first few such asteroids near Jupiter. These asteroids occupy stable Lagrangian points (L4 and L5) in Jupiter's orbit, and astronomers decided to name them after heroes from the Trojan War, with those at L4 being named after Greek heroes and those at L5 named after Trojan heroes.
01:02:03 Any planned work with Tungsten?
01:06:24 ​​Regarding naming, is there are good naming convention is computer languages? There are style guides for languages, so called with linting.
01:07:55 What's your view of innovation in economic science we are nearly 250y since Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Or is it a greed game science only?
01:16:31 Recall the idea of "Recapitate" instead of "Apply"
01:28:14 End stream

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