March 2012
38 posts
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The Mighty Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of -... →
Albert Einstein called her the most “significant” and “creative” female mathematician of all time, and others of her contemporaries were inclined to drop the modification by sex. She invented a theorem that united with magisterial concision two conceptual pillars of physics: symmetry in nature and the universal laws of conservation. Some consider Noether’s theorem, as it is now called, as...
“If you’re an engineer working on a problem and you’re stumped by your technical...”
– Dear TG: Today’s show with Jonah Lehrer explains why we should have a ping-pong table in the Fresh Air office. (Pretty please?)
“Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via revolvver)
clientsfromhell:
Client: Hi there, I just have a few technical questions. Me: I can help you with those. Client: Oh no, honey, don’t worry. I don’t ask women technical questions. Is there a guy around who could help me?” Me: No.
Client: I’ll call back when there’s a guy around.
“you’re more awesome than a monkey wearing a tuxedo made out of bacon riding a...”
– New pick-up line
Child Thanks Weatherman For School Visit With Delightfully Insane Letter (UPDATE)
“The mobile site looks great! How do I view it on my phone?”
– (via clientsfromhell)
clientsfromhell:
While on the phone with a client…
Client: Wait, let me make a note of that. Do you have a pen I can borrow?
Me: Are you talking to me?
Client: Who else would I be talking to?
“The Falklands War was a fight between two bald men over a comb.”
– Jorge Luis Borges (via agnoema)
“Imagine the billionaire founder of a major American corporation suddenly...”
– ‘King Larry,’ the Bizarre Road of a Billionaire - Review - NYTimes.com (via journalofajournalist)
