Scoundrels abound from top to bottom, nothing new since then in that regard. But I can't see Hooke holding a candle to Newton's accomplishments, really. It seems Hooke was very well versed on the ins and outs of exploitative ingenuity by his very job description.
"Let's see", as he gently taps his lip staring into space. "I have to gain notoriety with something," as he continues tapping. "Something, something", while a booger drips and stretches out of his nose. It breaks and falls to the floor. He looks down at it. "Eureka"! "That's it"!
He goes on, becomes famous, and begins sticking his nose into other peoples' business more or less successfully.
End of story. 😎
"Let's see", as he gently taps his lip staring into space. "I have to gain notoriety with something," as he continues tapping. "Something, something", while a booger drips and stretches out of his nose. It breaks and falls to the floor. He looks down at it. "Eureka"! "That's it"!
He goes on, becomes famous, and begins sticking his nose into other peoples' business more or less successfully.
End of story. 😎
Have you noticed that every disaster movie starts with someone ignoring a scientist! 😉
Be it climate change, natural disasters, accidents or alien invasion, at the start of the film there is, inevitably, a scientist warning people what is about to happen.
And getting roundly ignored. 😱
Be it climate change, natural disasters, accidents or alien invasion, at the start of the film there is, inevitably, a scientist warning people what is about to happen.
And getting roundly ignored. 😱
Hooke was known for plagiarism and was more the nasty man in this relationship. He was a seriously miserable individual.
No doubt Newton had demons to deal with. One of them almost certainly was Hooke.
No doubt Newton had demons to deal with. One of them almost certainly was Hooke.
You wait ages for one Mars mission, then three of them come at once!
Mars madness! China, UAE to reach the Red Planet this week ahead of epic NASA rover landing | Space
Mars madness! China, UAE to reach the Red Planet this week ahead of epic NASA rover landing | Space
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Just reading about Paul Dirac. Almost certainly the most brilliant theoretical physicist of the 20th century but clearly very autistic (I’ve watched a few interviews of him on YouTube - he seems pained at having to interact with another human). He credited his wife (sister of physicist Eugene Wigner) with holding his life together so he could focus on his work. He was unique in the field in that he spent his whole life working on his own and the best part of 30 years ensconced in a dingy little room in St. John’s College, Cambridge writing his many papers. OTOH, there’s Einstein who seemed a completely normal guy - according to his fellow physicists in Berlin, likable, always ready with a joke and a bit of a ladies man. Ditto Richard Feynman, bongo player extraordinaire who I’m sure dropped a bit of acid once he landed in California. There’s the story recounted by his wife about driving around in their beat up VW Kombi and being stopped by someone who said ‘Those are Feynman diagrams painted on your VW!’ To which she replied ‘Yes, indeed. I am Mrs Feynman’
And here is the said vehicle under restoration:
Saving the Feynman van | symmetry magazine
Looks like a Dodge by the way! 🙂
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See, just goes to show physicists are not necessarily all that bright. Pin striping with a brush is done with the goal of revealing the brush marks, not hiding them. Nothing "crappy" about it. He could have masked it off and sprayed it instead. Same effort. 🙄
To be clear, it was a physicist who rescued the van and he employed a pinstriper to re-paint the diagrams.
You seem to have misinterpreted the link!
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I read the link. You're right. My bad.
Still, great pin striper!🙂
btw, is that full glass on your table?
Looks good
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Or here: Cognitive Surplus Feynman Diagrams Particle Physics Pint Glass by Cognitive Surplus - American Made & available on Wonderful Things
A bit steep at $25 I would say - but if you want to impress your friends . . .
A bit steep at $25 I would say - but if you want to impress your friends . . .
Sorry, it's what's in the glass that's impressive. The gibberish would go unnoticed. 😀
Can't fight mother nature!
Can't fight mother nature!
I spent this morning reading about Richard Feynman. This will give you a lump in your throat about the death of his first wife Arline:
Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife – Brain Pickings
And a lot of interesting stuff here:
Who Is Richard Feynman? The Curious Character Who Mastered Thinking and Physics
We all had Feynman's 3 volumes of Physics lectures as reference books at College. Volume 3 was too difficult for me, IIRC. Quantum Mechanics I think. 😱
You can read them online:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife – Brain Pickings
And a lot of interesting stuff here:
Who Is Richard Feynman? The Curious Character Who Mastered Thinking and Physics
We all had Feynman's 3 volumes of Physics lectures as reference books at College. Volume 3 was too difficult for me, IIRC. Quantum Mechanics I think. 😱
You can read them online:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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