The birthday of a famous intellect
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16, 1770. He was a giant in the classical music genre, whose prodigious output included sonatas, concertos, overtures and 9 powerful symphonies. His works have remained popular for over two centuries.
American geneticist, born December 14, 1909 and famous for discovering that bombarding bread mold with X-rays causes mutations in particular enzymes, providing insights into the role of mutations in human evolution. “In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant …
János Bolyai was born on December 15, 1802, Kolozsvár, Transylvania in modern day Hungary. By challenging the parallel postulate in Euclidean geometry, he discovered an absolute geometry that contained both the hyperbolic and Euclidean geometries, paving the way for different models of the universe. He once observed: Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, …
Gustave Flaubert was a French author famous for his 1857 novel Madame Bovary and other works. He cynically observed, To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. …
Max Born who was a theoretical physicist born on December 11, 1882. Science is not formal logic; it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true that this is a gift which can hardly be taught, but its growth can be encouraged in …
