Ask HN: Jews in Computer Science
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
Comments
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.