Ask HN: Jews in Computer Science

[not-so-darkstar]

I find fascinating the contributions to computer science by jewish computer scientists [0]. They really pioneered the field, especially cryptography, where they seem to dominate.

Is this a cultural thing? I'm not aware of any other field where a group of people has contributed as much as jews in CS.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_computer_scientists

[raxxorraxor]

And I thought crypto Jew meant something different.

[not-so-darkstar]

I too found it pretty funny

[kurtis_reed]

Not just American Jews but Israelis too. I assume it's cultural, like graphy theory in Hungary, probability in Russia

[jjgreen]

... and Italian algebraic geometry, careful now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_school_of_algebraic_ge...

[xenospn]

Same thing with physics. Probably the main reason Hitler never got his bomb.