Just in time for your 39¢ mail

[tmixtli]

Last August, the post office introduced a series of four American scientist stamps. For myself, the only name I've even heard is Richard Feynman, whom I know not for his work in physics but for his philatelic interest in Tannu Tuva. I've also seen (but not read) Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! at Barnes and Noble. Whatever the fate of this

Comments

[sarastro_us]

Never heard of John von Neumann? Famous physicist and computer scientist. Perhaps more famous in the scifi world for coming up with the idea of self-replicating machines.

Gibbs

[davecycle]

As a geology student, 1st semester Physical Chemistry is a lot of archane math dealing with thermodynamics brought to us by Gibbs. I spent hours upon hours in frustration trying to comprehend the math behind entropy, free energy, thermal equilibrium, etc. All this to understand phases of matter gas, liquid, and the various solid phases. ...for those eagar geology students who wish to understand the formation of metamorphic rocks.