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[credit provider=”AP”] Mathematical equations aren’t just useful — many are quite beautiful. And many scientists admit they are often fond of particular formulas not just for their function, but for their form, and the simple, poetic truths they contain.While certain famous equations, such as Albert Einstein’s E = mc^2, hog […]
[credit provider=”Wikimedia Commons” url=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_1921_portrait2.jpg”] Not all of history’s most significant scientists were college graduates when they began their works. In fact, history is full of scientists who have shaped the world due to their work as teenagers.If they were disregarded simply because of their age, many things we take for […]
[credit provider=”AP”] Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of all time. He profoundly changed the way we look at space and time. But else do we know about the great scientist?Kara Kovalchik of Mental Floss takes a look back at Einstein’s life, uncovering some lesser-known details about the German-born […]
[credit provider=”Flicker/Abode of Chaos” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/home_of_chaos/4645091802/sizes/z/in/photostream/”] Stop thinking so hard and start hunting for good ideas.That’s the message of The Idea Hunters, a 2011 book by Andy Boynton of the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and Bill Fischer of IMD in Switzerland.
[credit provider=”AP”] A new analysis of photographs of Albert Einstein’s brain has revealed special features that could be what gave him his amazing smarts.The researchers compared 14 pictures of Einstein’s brain to 85 brain scans from “normal” people.
Albert Einstein is one of history’s brightest minds, but recently, two girls too young to drive both bested his alleged IQ score of 160.
[credit provider=” Hill, Cox/Proceedings of the Royal Society A”] Although Einstein’s theories suggest nothing can move faster than the speed of light, two scientists have extended his equations to show what would happen if faster-than-light travel were possible.Despite an apparent prohibition on such travel by Einstein’s theory of special relativity, […]
[credit provider=”flickr/coolmel” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/coolmel/3242477790/sizes/o/in/photostream/”] A letter handwritten by physicist Albert Einstein a year before his death, expressing his views on religion, will be sold on eBay this month with an opening bid of $3 million (£1.9m), an auction agency saidKnown as the “God Letter,” the correspondence offers insights into the private […]
[credit provider=”screengrab”] Time travel is a staple of science fiction, with the latest rendition showing up in the film “Looper.”And it turns out jumps through time are possible, according to the laws of physics, though travelling into the future looks to be much more feasible than travelling into the past.
Creativity expert Michael Michalko recently wrote an excellent article, “How Geniuses Think” that explains what separates geniuses from the rest of the world.
[credit provider=”Baby Boomer Talk” url=”http://babyboomertalkonline.com/2011/geniusyour-inspirational-quote-tuesday-june-21-2011/”] Albert Einstein died 57 years ago today, but that doesn’t mean people can’t still learn something from one of history’s greatest minds. Even though Einstein was best known for his work in physics, many of his lessons and famous quotes are very applicable to business as […]
The 1940 census was just released by the U.S. government, allowing millions of people to find out more about their family history.
[credit provider=”AP/Alastair Grant”] If you’ve always wanted to see the mind of a genius, now’s your chance. Sections of Nobel laureate Albert Einstein’s brain are set to go on display in Britain for the first time, the UK Press Association reports. They are part of the Wellcome Collection’s London exhibition […]
[credit provider=”YouTube/Apple” url=”http://youtu.be/8rwsuXHA7RA”] In honour of Albert Einstein’s 133rd birthday, Israel’s Hebrew University announced that it had added 2,000 newly digitized documents from the physicist’s collection to its online portal.From an original handwritten draft of the Theory of Relativity (including its famous equation E=MC2) to personal letters, the collection gives […]
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