hack your brain - trivia

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hAcK yOuR brAin - TRIVIA

These are companion slides to « Hack Your Brain »

It has pictures of brilliant people.All of them have trivia and fun facts, making them even more rememberable :)

lundi 11 février 2013

Who am I ?‣EPITA, Faveod, ParisRB‣Ruby since 2006‣Rails since 2007

And I have some heroes. For Science.‣ they’re in no particular order‣ they may have much, much more trivia‣some of these fun facts might be myths

lundi 11 février 2013

leOnArdO dA VinCi

Known for:‣ Renaissance man

Trivia:‣ illegitimate son‣ procrastinator‣ had a pet dragon‣ visit the Clos Lucé :)

lundi 11 février 2013

AlbeRt einSteiN

Known for:‣ relativity

Trivia:‣ not wearing socks‣ let his driver do his conference?

lundi 11 février 2013

Known for:‣ incompleteness theorem

Trivia:‣ found loopholes in the US constitution

‣ starved to death

KuRt GÖdel

lundi 11 février 2013

eVAriStE GaLOiSKnown for:‣ well... Galois’ theory‣ maths / algebra

Trivia:‣ was challenged to a duel he knew he couldn’t win

‣ stayed up all night writing maths?

‣ lost the duel

lundi 11 février 2013

Karl-fRiedRiCh GAuSS

Known for:‣ general math awesomeness

Trivia:‣ was too smart at age 3

lundi 11 février 2013

JeAn-frAnÇOiSChaMPOlliON

Known for:‣ decyphering hieroglyphs

Trivia:‣ spoke many dead languages by age 12

lundi 11 février 2013

BlAiSE PaSCaL

Known for:‣ Pascaline (calculator)‣ many sciences

Trivia:‣ Pascal’s wager

lundi 11 février 2013

BObbY fiScheRKnown for:‣ chess grandmaster

Trivia:‣ problems with the FBI

lundi 11 février 2013

SRinivaSa RaManuJanKnown for:‣ math awesomeness

Trivia:‣ his letters were believed to be an elaborate prank

‣ no proofs in the first books he read

‣ died from a disease in the UK

lundi 11 février 2013

gRaCE hOppeRKnown for:‣ general computer awesomeness

‣ building stuff you use‣ COBOL / FORTRAN

Trivia:‣ US army‣ 1st compiler‣ 1st « bug »

lundi 11 février 2013

BenjamiN fRanKlin

Known for:‣ US president‣ Science and thunder

Trivia:‣ Day of the Tentacle cameo

‣ way too much trivia

lundi 11 février 2013

ArChiMèdE

Known for:‣ his bath

Trivia:‣ died because he pissed off a soldier during Syracuse’s fall

lundi 11 février 2013

GOttfRied-Wilhelm liebniZ

Known for:‣ science

Trivia:‣ rivality with Newton‣ df/dx is Liebniz’s‣ dotted f is Newton’s

‣ « monad »

lundi 11 février 2013

Ada ByROn-lOVelACe

Known for:‣ the first computer:« analytical engine »

Trivia:‣ did you notice her first name?

‣ took gambling to get funding... got in debt

‣ her portrait on some MS’s holograms

lundi 11 février 2013

RiChaRd feYnMan

Known for:‣ Manhattan project

Trivia:‣ his pick-up technique

lundi 11 février 2013

MariA SKłOdOwSKa

Known for:‣ radioactivity

Trivia:‣ her nationality will drive you into endless debates if you’re french or polish

‣ death by her own discovery

lundi 11 février 2013

Alan TuRinG

Known for:‣ Computer Science

Trivia:‣ sad death‣ excuses from the government by JGC

lundi 11 février 2013