> Heh. Imagine going to school and learning about "Dave's forces" or "Bob's 
> law". Wouldn't be quite the same as van der Waals forces and Hooke's law, 
> would it?

Hooke was English.

> At least at college we had somebody to tell us that "Euler" is pronounced 
> /ˈɔɪlɚ/. When you read a book and you come across something like "Gödel", 
> it's not trivial to figure out how the hell you actually proncounce 
> that...

It is if you learnt German at school :-)  Knowing the basics of a few common 
languages is quite helpful in life...

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