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In the 7th century, negative numbers were used in calculations in India which was innovative because Europeans dismissed these numbers as absurd until the 17th century, when they gained widespread acceptance due to their practical use in accounting and bookkeeping.
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I think, therefore I am. - René Descartes
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Albert Einstein kept a photo of Maxwell on his study wall, alongside pictures of Michael Faraday and Isaac Newton. He referred to Maxwell's work as the "most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton." Maxwell's equations were integral
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Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here. - Interstellar (film)
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Happy Birthday to Werner Heisenberg , one of the pioneers of Quantum Mechanics . As a founder of quantum mechanics and the creator of the Uncertainty Principle, Heisenberg transformed our understanding of the atomic world. His work in quantum theory, matrix mechanics, and
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The 7 classical indeterminate forms: ✍️ 1. 0/0 2. ∞/∞ 3. 0 × ∞ 4. ∞ − ∞ 5. 0⁰ 6. ∞⁰ 7. 1^∞
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5 remarkable formulas to calculate the value of π ✍️
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Albert Einstein visited the Hopi people near the Grand Canyon in 1931, where he was honored with a feathered headdress and a peace pipe at Hopi House. The gesture recognized his pacifist ideals and is preserved in a well-known photograph.
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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music... I get most joy in life out of music. - A. Einstein
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Can there be truths that are scientifically unreachable but still real? ✍️
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A single teaspoon of neutron star matter would weigh about 4 billion tons on Earth — roughly the mass of Mount Everest.
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In 1704, Sir Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end in 2060.
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Even God cannot make two times two not make four. - Hugo Grotius
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Inventors and geniuses have almost always been looked on as no better than fools at the beginning of their career, and very frequently at the end of it also. -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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If the Universe is Expanding, What is it Expanding Into? ✍️
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Special Theory of Relativity (1905): Einstein’s special relativity revolutionized our understanding of space and time by showing that the laws of physics are the same for all observers moving at constant speed, and that the speed of light is constant. It introduced concepts like
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"Science can flourish only in an atmosphere of free speech." - A. Einstein
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In 1704, Sir Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end in 2060.
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Maxwell's equations : ✍️ 1)∇.D = ρ 2)∇.B = 0 3)∇xE = -∂B/∂t 4)∇xH = J +∂D/∂t
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