Editing Pseudonym (section)

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[[Nicolaus Copernicus]] put forward his theory of heliocentrism in the manuscript ''[[Commentariolus]]'' anonymously, in part because of his employment as a law clerk for a [[Roman Catholic|church]]-government organization.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oxenham |first1=Simon |title=soft question – Pseudonyms of famous mathematicians |url=https://mathoverflow.net/questions/45185/pseudonyms-of-famous-mathematicians |website=MathOverflow |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref>

[[Sophie Germain]] and [[William Sealy Gosset]] used pseudonyms to publish their work in the field of mathematics – Germain, to avoid rampant 19th&nbsp;century academic [[misogyny]], and Gosset, to avoid revealing brewing practices of his employer, the [[Guinness Brewery]].{{sfn|Case|Leggett|2005|p=39}}<ref>{{cite web |title=soft question – Pseudonyms of famous mathematicians |url=https://mathoverflow.net/questions/45185/pseudonyms-of-famous-mathematicians |website=MathOverflow |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref>

[[Satoshi Nakamoto]] is a pseudonym of a still unknown author or authors' group behind a [[white paper]] about [[bitcoin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweek.com/articles/561540/misidentification-satoshi-nakamoto|title=The misidentification of Satoshi Nakamoto|date=30 June 2015|website=theweek.com|access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-23/john-mcafee-vows-to-unmask-crypto-s-satoshi-nakamoto-within-days|title=John McAfee vows to unmask Crypto's Satoshi Nakamoto, then backs off |last=Kharif |first=Olga |date=23 April 2019|work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://fortune.com/2015/12/09/bitcoin-satoshi-identity/ |title=Who is Satoshi Nakamoto, Inventor of Bitcoin? It doesn't matter |magazine=Fortune |language=en|access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/27/bitcoins-origin-story-remains-shrouded-in-mystery-heres-why-it-matters.html |title=Bitcoin's creator may be worth $6&nbsp;billion – but people still don't know who it is |last=Bearman |first=Sophie |date=27 October 2017 |website=[[CNBC]]|language=en |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref>