The Many Moods Of Mathematical Genius

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The Many Moods Of Mathematical Genius

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Behold, the many moods of Leonhard Euler - mathematical genius who derived so many formulas they had to start naming them after other people. The alignment chart perfectly captures the progression of a physicist's mental state throughout a typical workday. Start as Lawful Good before coffee, devolve to Chaotic Evil after discovering your entire calculation was off by a negative sign. The red glowing eyes represent what happens when you realize your elegant 30-page proof could have been done in two lines using Euler's identity. The man himself would appreciate the chaos - he wrote papers faster than they could be published while being partially blind. That's not dedication, that's just showing off.

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