Fun Science Factoid Of The Day

[Bravus]

Ah, it's a definitional matter. We know all about those around here.

[Bravus]

Now more of a scientist factoid than a science one... in fact, ten of them: Ten Obscure Factoids Concerning Albert Einstein

[Gail]

Ah, it's a definitional matter. We know all about those around here.

LOL

[Gail]

Interesting Einstein facts! Didn't he fall in love with his cousin or something?

[bevin]

I don't know how reliable the following is /Bevin

Amazon: Einstein's Wife

From the Back Cover

When Albert Einstein died in 1955 he left behind a remarkable scientific legacy, and an extraordinary secret. In 1986 love letters were discovered which revealed a marriage hidden in the shadows for more than 30 years. Before moving to America in 1933 with his second wife and first cousin Elsa, Einstein had married his university sweetheart and scientific collaborator Mileva Maric.

Einstein, contrary to popular belief, did not work alone in the years leading to the great scientific achievements of 1905. Maric, a brilliant mathematician, collaborated with him on three famous works: Browian Motion, Special Relativity Theory and Photoelectric Effect, which won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.

Until now, this collaboration was erased from history. Drawing on long-hidden documents, love letters and biographies, "Einstein's Wife" pieces together a partnership of extraordinary passion and intellect that led to one of the greatest theoretical breakthroughs in the twentieth century.

[Amelia]

Hummm so how much was Einstein and how much was Maric?

[D. Allan]

This is from Wikipedia:

Mileva Marić (December 19, 1875 – August 4, 1948; Serbian Cyrillic: Милева Марић) was a Serbian mathematician, Albert Einstein's first wife (1903-1919), and mother of three children with him. She was Einstein's companion, colleague, and confidante. There are some claims that she may have contributed to Einstein's early research but the exact degree of her participation, if any at all [1], in his discoveries is uncertain, and is the subject of many polemics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mileva_Maric

Click below for a nice picture of Einstein's tongue!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Einstein_tongue.jpg

[Bravus]

If you look really closely (but carefully) you can sometimes see a green flash at sunset

[Bravus]

Just acknowledging a reality we already knew - this will be a more occasional feature than a daily one.

I made a list of 22 things I needed to do yesterday, and got the easiest 9 of them done, but one more was added over night, and the rest of the list will take me the rest of the month. Then I'll be moving house and writing some science textbooks from next month, so time is a fraction tight.

But I'll still try to kick something in here pretty regularly, and for a science fix you can always check bevin's astronomy thread.

[Gail]

Well, you know you are always appreciated here!

[Amelia]

Well, you know you are always appreciated here!

Yes, yes you are!

[D. Allan]

Yes you are a golden-nugget for sure! Thanks infinitely for your input!

[D. Allan]

Here is a factoid for u-alls.

"The Stegosaurus dinosaur measured up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) long but had a brain the size of a walnut."

Learn more here: http://www.mantyweb.com/dinosaur/Stegosaurus.htm

[Bravus]

Oi, I resemble that remark!

[D. Allan]

The heaviest human brain ever recorded weighed 5 lb. 1.1 oz. (2.3 kg.).

The average maximun human brain weight by age 15 yrs. is 46 oz. (2.87 lbs)

Human brain weight is around 2 percent of total human bodyweight; in mice it is around 3 percent. Which means, I'm sorry to say, that mice have 50 percent more brains/body weight than humans beings do!

Check it out here.

[Bravus]

As we motorcyclists well know, it's all about the power-to-weight ratio!

[Bravus]

Biodiversity is good for the soul

http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2007/811.html