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This is Einstein at Princeton, 1935.
He was tasked to find which young physicists would revolutionize science.
His unconventional method found Oppenheimer, Wheeler, and Nobel-Prize winners before anyone knew their names.
Here is his ONE method to spotting genius:... See more
The Mysterious Disappearance of a Revolutionary Mathematician | The New Yorker
Rivka Galchennewyorker.com
This is Douglas Hofstadter, professor of Cognitive & Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington
Best known for his book Goedel, Escher, Bach (1980)
this is nerd 🧵 about his influence on me, and the present https://t.co/dsZkkRVV9U
“for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures.”4
Cesar Hidalgo • Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
Alexander Grothendieck, who I also discussed in my review of The Art of Learning , was one of the most productive, generative, and eccentric mathematicians of the 20th century. Grothendieck was also an energetic alien. According to multiple sources, he went through a ten-year period during which he invented (I suspect he would say discovered
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In 1952, this quantum physicist discovered a "hidden variable" that connects all reality.
Einstein called him "my successor."
But, then he was:
• Exiled from U.S
• Erased from science textbooks
• Blacklisted by McCarthy
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a video shared by the physicist Prof Ed Witten
Prof V. Balakrishnan at IIT Madras explaining Why is Quantum Mechanics So Confusing?
[I am in awe of how he traverses, sentence after sentences, idea after idea - without a pause but also unhurriedly. What a great teacher.🙏] https://t.co/9DjKH7b8UF
keerthik śaśidharanx.comThomas Gold was a professor of astrophysics at Cornell University and one of the most interesting scientists of the 20th century. He had a notable penchant for diving into completely new fields and developing hypotheses utterly at odds with the scientific consensus of the day. His many achievements include correcting the understanding of how the hu... See more
Doomberg • The Other Strategic Reserve
Dear math students, math enthusiasts and anyone curious... This book is really a pure joy to read. It is a story about a very eccentric Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdös (pronounced air-dish ?). He lived out of a suitcase, apparently, and traveled the world to connect with https://t.co/VPaZ4OFGNt