The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View
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He was a mathematical genius and had been fascinated by the ocean since being a toddler, and started surfing as a pre-teen.
He had been working on equations like this his whole life, and had really accelerated with the recent arrival of electronic calculators in the early 1970's.
They called him "the intelligent surfer" :)