@ColinTheMathmo Omar Khayyam, mathematician and author of the great poem "Rubaiyat". I love how he tried to solve the algebraic 3rd degree equation, failed, but recognised that someone would do it in the future. In "Samarkanda", by Amin Maalouf, he's one of the main characters, I recommend that book as well.
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