[Science dork] 56 Quotes from Einstein

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When I was younger my hair really had a similar temperament as Einstein’s. But it really wasn’t his fashion sense that interested me, it was the fact that for a long time no one knew how smart he was .

I used to wonder why the negative thinking around him never seemed to have hampered him and his chosen path.

Personally my favorite theory is that he would nod politely when they would tell him why he couldn’t do what he wanted to do but never really listened because it wasn’t very interesting conversation.

Here is a list of some of his quotes.

Cheers and may the “paws” be with you

Nudork

[alignment: chaotic neutral..but sometimes evil ]

[Science Dork] SUPER HERO SCIENCE ( interview with Jim Kakalios )

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I trully am horrible at math. I think I was traumatized at young age and never recovered. But in high school I realized , I was rather good at physics and chemistry if I changed the variables instead of x and y into let say ah .. a happy bunny or I created a story behind the physics problem to calculate weight and momentum of a pendulum with so and so weight to lets say Tarzan’s weight and move the decimal point down later.

Of course it made my teacher laugh and be annoyed at the same time since it really was a waste of time. But being able to laugh through a physics final was more than worth it. ( plus the look of mock annoyance on my teacher’s face was priceless )

Which is why when I saw the book PHYSICS OF SUPER HEROES, dented and little worse for wear in the rather dusty physics section of  Fully Booked I knew I needed the book. to the point that I had to borrow money to buy it. ( which reminds me I have to pay that back.. durr )

Here is a nice little interview with its author.

CHEERS and may the “paws” be with you

Nudork

p.s.

I suggest those in High School to actually try this. Its actually quite funny. There really isnt any rule that variables HAVE  to be letters. ^_^ oh and tell me how that works out for you.

[Book Dork] Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

(excerpt)

I . Primed for Action

Imagine I am a professor, Ive asked you to come to my office. You walk down a long corridor, come through the doorway, and sit down at the table. In front of you is a sheet of paper with a list of five word sets. I want you to make a grammatical four word sentence as quick as possible. Its called a Scrambled Sentence Test. Ready?