Another famous example is Fast Fourrier Transformation which is an amazingly powerful algorithm discovered in the cold war ... but had actually already been discovered by Carl Friedrich Gauß in 1805. 

Unlikely scientific research citations are fascinating.

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What are you working on?

I have a university project that is a tool that should help scientists help in their literature review. Pulling multiple sources/APIs and ordering them in custom or smart ways.

It's partly inspired by one of the most famous cryptographers ever Claude Shannon in the 40s using Citations from 1500s Monsieur Vigenère. Would such a surprising citation happen nowadays with Google Scholar? Because it helped humanity forward so f-ing  much.