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


leOnArdO dA VinCi

Known for:‣ Renaissance man

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


AlbeRt einSteiN

Known for:‣ relativity

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


Known for:‣ incompleteness theorem

Trivia:‣ found loopholes in the US constitution

‣ starved to death

KuRt GÖdel


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


Karl-fRiedRiCh GAuSS

Known for:‣ general math awesomeness

Trivia:‣ was too smart at age 3


JeAn-frAnÇOiSChaMPOlliON

Known for:‣ decyphering hieroglyphs

Trivia:‣ spoke many dead languages by age 12


BlAiSE PaSCaL

Known for:‣ Pascaline (calculator)‣ many sciences

Trivia:‣ Pascal’s wager


BObbY fiScheRKnown for:‣ chess grandmaster

Trivia:‣ problems with the FBI


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


gRaCE hOppeRKnown for:‣ general computer awesomeness

‣ building stuff you use‣ COBOL / FORTRAN

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


BenjamiN fRanKlin

Known for:‣ US president‣ Science and thunder

Trivia:‣ Day of the Tentacle cameo

‣ way too much trivia


ArChiMèdE

Known for:‣ his bath

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


GOttfRied-Wilhelm liebniZ

Known for:‣ science

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

‣ « monad »


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


RiChaRd feYnMan

Known for:‣ Manhattan project

Trivia:‣ his pick-up technique


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


Alan TuRinG

Known for:‣ Computer Science

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


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