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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