genius

I saw a TV program yesterday that suggested (apparently with credible evidence) that Einstein’s first wife may have been the brain behind E=MC2 and TTOR. Thinks . . . The theories of a woman . . . It all begins to make sense now! :D :boxedin: me hidding from females everywhere.

This is a peach of a post at Hpathy. I love the fact that what he says is wrong in such a variety of ways starting with the mis-spellings and concluding with an implication that science doesn't know how vitamins work. Just in the first paragraph he plucks some clinical chemistry terms from the...

Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered...

Part I: Pathfinders to a New Civilization John Fitch - first steamboat They Made America, Harold Evans, pp. 21,23, 2004. "Terrific and inspiring stories about the dreamers and doers who dared to create the modern face of this great nation." - Jack Welch

(It's late at night so I apologize for rambling and some strange sentence structure. Hopefully you can sift through it and find some use in the post.) I've been thinking the past few months about natural selection, and how most of the ideas we have today must serve some important purpose to...

Hermeto is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist, and the type of genius that happens once a generation. His music is hard to describe because it is eclectic to an extreme. "Brazilian fusion" doesn't do justice. Think one part Satie, one part Piazolla, one part Zappa, one part Weather...

I thought a bit before deciding to put this under Philosophy rather than Forum Management for two reasons: (mods, move it if you disagree) (1) Decisions have already been made and discussion of the decisions is pointless, plus, the whole discussion is bitterly divisive; and (2) This really is...

This book by William Dunham is very good. It highlights some of the most amazing mathematical findings and the amazing mathematicians who worked on them. The mathematicians from the chapter titles are Hippocrates, Euclid, Archimedes, Heron, Cardano, Newton, Bernoullis, Euler, and Cantor. Of...

A senior south Korean official says Kim has a genius-level IQ of up to 160. An intelligence source describes him as a "computer wizard" Kim Jong Il wrote two operas within the space of a year. He has written six operas. Kim Dae-jung described Kim Jong Il as "a pragmatic leader with good...