Thomas Harriot

[l33tbro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Harriot

[lvevjo]

You might be interested in Stephen Greenblatt's essay "Invisible Bullets", especially the first part of it, where he discusses Harriot quite a bit.

Here is a brief summary of what he has to say about Harriot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_and_containment#The...

[l33tbro → lvevjo]

Cool. Will check out. I'm surprised he doesn't get more of the unsung hero fanfare usually reserved for people like Tesla.