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Landon Curt Noll, computer scientist and 8 world records holder, joins the Great Debate Community

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Channel: Steve McRae · 2017 · Entertainment

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Landon is a multiple world record holder for having found multiple highest prime numbers, including the Mersenne prime (a Mersenne prime is a prime number that is one less than a power of two.). He also has an extremely extensive background in computer science and astronomy. 

His bio includes:

Cal State University at Hayward, Hayward, CA., 1977-79
(dual matriculation; attended while in high school)
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR., 1979-1982, admitted with Honors and
graduated (Cum Laude) with a B.A. degree in Math & Physics (with emphasis
on Computer Science). Obtained this degree in 3 years.

Vice Mayor of Sunnyvale, 1995-1996

His work also includes measuring the Solar parallax during the 2004 Transit of Venus[ as well as the search for Vulcanoid asteroids.

Landon's bio page: http://www.isthe.com/chongo/

Landon's wiki page: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landon_Curt_Noll

Link to join hangout: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/freelance-vigilante.com/landoncurtnolljoinsthegdc

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