What if you met Sir Isaac Newton?

Mar 10, 2008 21:14

Would you be satisfied with your life if you lived in the time after he invented calculus and the laws of motion - and died not knowing about either?
Maybe you would. And if you would, read no further. This is a waste of your time.

Did you know that the shape of a jellyfish is exactly the same as the shape taken up by ink droplets dropped into water? Would you want to know why?
Maybe you wouldn't. And if you wouldn't read no further. This is a waste of your time.

If I told you that there is a mathematical constant as important as pi and e, and it's value is 4.669, do you desperately want to know about it?
Maybe you don't. And if you don't, read no further. This is waste of your time.

But if you're still reading, get off your ass (yes you too Mr. I-would've-heard-about-it-if-it-was-important PhD student) and pick up a book about CHAOS THEORY. The name does it a great disservice. This is not one little theory about chaos. It is a large but recent body of work that is as profound in affecting our understanding of the world around us as calculus, the laws of motion and relativity.

You are letting yourself down terribly if you live in this time and don't know about this.
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