During the 19th century French Revolution, a young French boyEvariste Galoisself-studied Math and invented a totally strange math called “Group Theory“, in his own saying – “A new Mathnot on calculation but on reasoning”. During his short tragic life (21 years) his work was not understood by the world masters like Cauchy, Fourier, Poisson, Gauss, Jacob…
“Group Theory” is the foundation of Modern Math today.