>Hi, Dennis!
>Many thanks for the answer. It is nice to know the exact meaning.
>Scientist = Wizard? :-)
>Yes, I know the Clarke's quoation. However - how to express - simply
>I can't imagine that a mathimatics is a wizard. Imagine, writing to
>NASA congratulations to all wizards? I'd like to know what they would
>think about me? Well, I guess I can imagine it. :-)
>
>Jitka
Surely, Jitka, you have heard of "math wizards?" (Whiz for short).
(In case it is unfamiliar to you, it is typical American slang for someone
who is an accomplished expert at utilizing or solving mathematical problems
and formulae). We even had a TV show about science called Mr. Wizard (years
before Bill Nye the Science Guy pronounced that "Science Rules.")
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