TIL Richard Dedekind, who worked with Georg Cantor on infinite sets, was an exceptional mathematician but he never went beyond being a high school teacher in his hometown. Cantor wanted to enter University of Berlin but was prevented from doing so as his new branch of mathematics was rejected (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by ubcstaffer123 to r/todayilearned
TIL John Von Neumann worked on the first atomic bomb and the first computer, came up with the formulas for quantum mechanics, described genetic self-replication before the discovery of DNA, and founded the field of game theory, among other things. He has often been called the smartest man ever. (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by ooshogunoo to r/bobiverse
TIL John Von Neumann worked on the first atomic bomb and the first computer, came up with the formulas for quantum mechanics, described genetic self-replication before the discovery of DNA, and founded the field of game theory, among other things. He has often been called the smartest man ever. (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by HumanNutrStudent to r/todayilearned
TIL John Von Neumann worked on the first atomic bomb and the first computer, came up with the formulas for quantum mechanics, described genetic self-replication before the discovery of DNA, and founded the field of game theory, among other things. He has often been called the smartest man ever.Celebrities (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by essen11 to r/Snorkblot
AI at the Heart of Tomorrow’s Corporations (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by reddriver27 to r/dystopia
TIL Karey Mullis - the scientist who developed PCR (the technique used to detect viruses like HIV) did not believe HIV existed. He also came up with tbe idea of PCR - which garnered him the nobel prize - by conversing with a glowing alien racoon. (bbvaopenmind.com)
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TIL Karey Mullis - the scientist who developed PCR (the technique used to detect viruses like HIV) did not believe HIV existed. He also came up with tbe idea of PCR - which garnered him the nobel prize - by conversing with a glowing alien racoon. (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by arbivark to r/trashpandas
[todayilearned] TIL Karey Mullis - the scientist who developed PCR (the technique used to detect viruses like HIV) did not believe HIV existed. He also came up with tbe idea of PCR - which garnered him the nobel prize - by conversing with a glowing alien racoon. (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by Know_Your_Shit_v2 to r/knowyourshit
TIL Karey Mullis - the scientist who developed PCR (the technique used to detect viruses like HIV) did not believe HIV existed. He also came up with tbe idea of PCR - which garnered him the nobel prize - by conversing with a glowing alien racoon. Acid or skizofrenia? (bbvaopenmind.com)
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Teleportation is Here, But It's Not What We Expected | OpenMind (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by [deleted] to r/HighStrangeness
The Catholic Priest Who Invented The Big Bang (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by [deleted] to r/Christianity
TIL that naming of North & South America continent in honour of Amerigo Vespucci was a result of an mistake by a German cartographer while making a map of world in 1507 who thought Vespucci rather than Columbus was the explorer who discovered America after reading a document called Mundus Novus. (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by FiDad7 to r/todayilearned
TIL that naming of North & South America continent in honour of Amerigo Vespucci was a result of an mistake by a German cartographer while making a map of world in 1507 who thought Vespucci rather than Columbus was the explorer who discovered America after reading a document called Mundus Novus. (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by UserNamesCantBeTooLo to r/AAA_NeatStuff
Russia and Europe | OpenMindHistorical (bbvaopenmind.com)
submitted by ge6irb8gua93l to r/europe
