Geniuses

Geniuses born today: September 8

Geniuses born today: September 8

Birthdays

Discover which Genius was born on your Birthday & send brilliant birthday wishes!

Which of the following could cause a tsunami?

Earthquakes All the Answers Volcanic Eruption

Choose one of the answer options

Genius Quotes

Warren Buffett

Фn English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist best known for his research into colour blindness.

2 Comments

18th-century German, later British, Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthem...

1 Comments

Thomas Young

A British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics...

Aristarchus of Samos

An ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known heliocentric model th...

Nettie Stevens

An American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes.

Alexander Pope

Is one of the greatest English poets and the foremost poet of the early 18th century.

Videos

All
philosophy
literature
Politics
Physics
Music
Mathematics
Art
Religion
Science
Biology
Chess
Poetry
Chemistry
History
Astronomy
Medicine
military
Child Prodigy
Computer Science
Economy
Engineering
Psychology
Innovation
Travel
architecture
geology
Biography
archaeology
Savant
War
BUSINESS
Nature
Autism
Talent
statistics
Law
Genius
Geniuses
Education
cosmology
entrepreneur
Prodigy
Technology
IQ
Humanism
Genetics
Life
Woman Genius
Humanity
Democracy
Fashion
Evil
Logic
Innovation
Nobel Prize
Quotes
Asperger
Synaesthesia
Astrology
Time
books
Truth

Which Genius Has the same Zodiac sign as yours

Which Genius was born in your Country

See all

Visual Pigment Molecules and Retinol Isomers: the Work of George Wald

jbc.org

George Wald (1906–1997) was born in New York City. He had an aptitude for mechanics and science from a very young age and was able to successfully construct a crystal detector radio that enabled him and his friends to listen to the 1919 World Series. Wald also had an interest in vaudeville, and he and a friend organized an act that they took to nearby Jewish community centers. His success as a performer suggested a possible future career in law and so he entered Washington Square College of New York University as a pre-law student. However, he soon found that his pre-law studies didn't inte...

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes' researches at Leiden and their methodological implications

sciencedirect.com

The various directions of research pursued by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes while at Leiden are systematically presented, and their methodological implications discussed. We concentrate on the researches on the equation of state which, in effect, led to the liquefaction of helium; on the electrical researches which mainly involved investigations about superconductivity; and the magnetic researches which examined magnetization processes in low temperatures. Onnes developed an approach we call “sophisticated phenomenology” which, while remaining within the strict bounds of the positivist...

The deconstructed ethics of Martin Heidegger, or, the university sous rature

tandfonline.com

Could there be a better instance of ethical conflict at the scene of the modern Western university than the case of Martin Heidegger, who in 1933 became a Nazi, arguably to elevate his own standing and career? In this article I examine the opposing ethical forces that animated Heidegger’s brief foray into Nazism, to ask whether the same forces continue to be found in the technocratized university described by Bill Readings. I address Heidegger’s own philosophy as a context in which these conflicting ethical forces are confronted, using metaphorical references to Pollyanna and Cujo. This absorption of literary allusions within a contribution to educational philosophy seeks deliberately to break the stranglehold that empiricism has on the discipline of education. It regards the hegemony of empiricism as an ideological fetishism. I am using the work of Jacques Derrida to deconstruct the idea of the university, with Heidegger’s political opportunism as symptomatic of current patterns of self-marketing, self-promotion, and entrepreneurialism amongst academics....

Why the Afshar Experiment Does Not Refute Complementarity

arxiv.org

A modified version of Young's experiment by Shahriar Afshar demonstrates that, prior to what appears to be a ``which-way'' measurement, an interference pattern exists. Afshar has claimed that this result constitutes a violation of the Principle of Complementarity. This paper discusses the implications of this experiment and considers how Cramer's Transactional Interpretation easily accomodates the result. It is also shown that the Afshar experiment is analogous in key respects to a spin one-half particle prepared as ``spin up along x'', subjected to a nondestructive confirmation of that preparation, and post-selected in a specific state of spin along z.The terminology ``which-way'' or ``which-slit'' is critiqued; it is argued that this usage by both Afshar and his critics is misleading and has contributed to confusion surrounding the interpretation of the experiment. Nevertheless, it is concluded that Bohr would have had no more problem accounting for the Afshar result than he would in accounting for the aforementioned pre- and post-selection spin experiment, in which the particle's preparation state is confirmed by a nondestructive measurement prior to post-selection. In...

Politics

How Mahatma Gandhi changed political protest

He’s been called the “father of India” and a “great soul in beggar’s garb." His nonviolent approach to political change helped India gain independence after nearly a century of British colonial rule. A frail man with a will of iron, he provided a blueprint for future social movements around the w...

statistics

The man who got rich on data - years before Google

Amazon, Alphabet, Alibaba, Facebook, Tencent - five of the world's 10 most valuable companies, all less than 25 years old - and all got rich, in their own ways, on data.No wonder it's become common to call data the "new oil". As recently as 2011, five of the top 10 were oil companies. Now,...

Mathematics

Lazare Carnot, a forgotten piece in the Napoleon Bonaparte jigsaw

In the night of 17/18 Fructidor An V (3-4 September 1797), exactly four years after the first September massacres of 1793, Directors Barras, Reubell and La Réveillière-Lépeaux set in motion their coup d’état deigned, supposedly, to bring France back from the royalist abyss into the safety of orth...

Shop - Brilliant things to buy!

All
Physics
books
Toys
Chemistry
Geniuses
Crafts
BUSINESS
Computer Science
Engineering
Quotes
literature
Music
Child Prodigy
philosophy
Religion
Chess
Astrology
Mathematics
Astronomy
geology
Science
Economy
Art
Creativity
Technology
stuff
Design
Figurines
Jewelry
Savant
Autism
Prodigy
Politics
History
Education
Fashion
Decor
love
home
Food
Office
Biology
Inspirations
statistics
Genetics
Crazy
Freedom
Universe
Life
cosmology
Space
Poetry
Fun
Biography
War
Beauty
Curiosity
Democracy
Courage
Crook
Medicine
architecture
entrepreneur
Innovation
Innovation
Psychology
IQ
Woman Genius
Talent
Talent
Travel
Law
military
Nature
Opportunity
archaeology
Humanity
Equality
Genius
Gratitude
Happiness
Imagination
Logic
True Man
Justice
Progress
Teacher
Illusion
Truth
Truthfulness
Wonder
Success
Humanism

Geniuses born today: September 8

Jean de La Fontaine

Geniuses born today: September 8

Ludovico Ariosto

Geniuses born today: September 8

Peter Leko

Birthdays

Visual Pigment Molecules and Retinol Isomers: the Work of George Wald

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes' researches at Leiden and their methodological implications

The deconstructed ethics of Martin Heidegger, or, the university sous rature

Why the Afshar Experiment Does Not Refute Complementarity

Birthdays

My Birthdays list

Set your loved ones birthdays & we'll make sure they'll get brilliant wishes at their special day

Geniuses born today: September 8

Jean de La Fontaine

Geniuses born today: September 8

Ludovico Ariosto

Geniuses born today: September 8

Peter Leko

Birthdays

Visual Pigment Molecules and Retinol Isomers: the Work of George Wald

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes' researches at Leiden and their methodological implications

The deconstructed ethics of Martin Heidegger, or, the university sous rature

Why the Afshar Experiment Does Not Refute Complementarity

Birthdays

Welcome To Geniuses.Club!