Admittedly, I had not heard of Daniel Bernoulli until now. His breakthrough in hydrodynamics is truly marvelous and is unfortunately not widely known. Society manages to unfairly overlook this man and many others whose work make many luxuries possible. What struck me most of all though had little to do with his education and research, but more to do with his father. Johann Bernoulli ignited a passion in his son and would later extinguish it. How does one introduce your child to mathematics, let him find pleasure in it, then express that you never wanted them to be a mathematician? Furthermore, how do you steal credit from your son and harbor such jealousy towards him? With a father like Johann it is clear to see how Daniel lost his passion. Daniel’s composure though is admirable, as my parents behaving in such a way would have crushed me.
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