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A Math Great Gets His Due Sunday marks the 300th anniversary of Leonhard Euler's birth. Who was he? Only one of the top four mathematicians of all time. Math commentator Keith Devlin talks about the life of this genius.

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A Math Great Gets His Due

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A Math Great Gets His Due

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Sunday marks the 300th anniversary of Leonhard Euler's birth. Who was he? Only one of the top four mathematicians of all time. Math commentator Keith Devlin talks to Scott Simon about the life of this genius.