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re: Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:16 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:16 pm to Ace Midnight
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I'm having trouble proving some of my theories so I think that I'll just invent calculus to help me out. Newton.
Haha, pretty much this
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Plus he did things with optics and light.
I don't think he gets enough credit for his work in fluid dynamics personally. NO ONE mapped fluids mathematically before Newton.
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Einstein was practically worthless in math. Although his work was both important at the atomic/quantum level, as well as astrophysics - much of his importance is based on his research filling in the gaps that Newtonian physics didn't account for. That's clean-up work, relatively speaking.
Let's not completely discount Einstein. Relativity is one of the most mind-boggling concepts in science. To be able to think of time not as an absolute figure but as a relative concept is still something I'd say 99% of the educated world struggles with.
I might give Einstein the nod if he wasn't so vehemently against quantum mechanics (something he could conceivably be considered the discovering father of).
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:17 pm to xXLSUXx
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It's the 'stache isn't it?
Well yeah, it's a pretty sweet stache.
He was also 6'6". Tall, dark, and handsome - crazy pigeon-loving aside.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:17 pm to FootballNostradamus
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Newton
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:17 pm to glassman
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Tesla.. ?
Totally awesome dude that created our electrical society.
And way ahead of his time.
AC > DC
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:18 pm to Easy
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I'm having trouble proving some of my theories so I think that I'll just invent calculus at the age of 24 to help me out. Newton.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:18 pm to CharlesRamsey
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Did you just watch Cosmos?
Nah, just finished reading Steve Hawkings' A Brief History of Time and Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nerely Everything. Awesome books if you're into this stuff.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:18 pm to Bullfrog
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Totally awesome dude that created our electrical society.
And way ahead of his time.
AC > DC
Yep. Way underrated.
Edison was a dick!
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:19 pm to Bullfrog
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AC > DC
But together.....
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:19 pm to FootballNostradamus
quote:Albert wasnt too keen on quanta or packets of energy iirc.
something he could conceivably be considered the discovering father of
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:20 pm to FootballNostradamus
I think my initial thought was politically, and Einstein would certainly be higher than Newton in that regard. Scientifically, probably Newton. I'm fighting with myself internally on who was more important.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:20 pm to FootballNostradamus
Newton but I like Einsteins swag!
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:20 pm to xXLSUXx
quote:You can build a useful transmission grid without a power station every 1/4 mile.
But together.....
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:21 pm to FootballNostradamus
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This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:22 pm to Bullfrog
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But together.....
You can build a useful transmission grid without a power station every 1/4 mile.
I was just reading the comic about Tesla again and I saw that.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:22 pm to FootballNostradamus
IMO, Newton was the smartest human to ever live.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:22 pm to FootballNostradamus
Newton.
And Tesla over Einstein in terms of practical applications to our lives.
And Tesla over Einstein in terms of practical applications to our lives.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:23 pm to FootballNostradamus
Einstein sucked at math
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:23 pm to Jet12
quote:Without a doubt.
Edison was a dick!
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:24 pm to kclsufan
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I'm having trouble proving some of my theories so I think that I'll just invent calculus at the age of 24 to help me out. Newton.
This is what staggers me about reading the history of our understanding of science. The age at which so many scientists discovered some of the most staggering concepts blows my mind. Reading about some of the projects Steven Hawkings worked on as a student is absurd
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:25 pm to AUCE05
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IMO, Newton was the smartest human to ever live.
I'd go with Tesla. That guy was just on another level than any man we have seen before or since. If Edison wasn't such a cocksucker, no telling the direction our society would have gone. We are living in Edison's world now, and unlike the other 3 mentioned in this thread, I have little to no respect for him.
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