The Greek polymath (mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist) Eratosthenes of Cyrene, chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria, is known for his famous calculation of the circumference of the Earth. His estimate was remarkably p…lnkd.in/dRn2Ns42

Finding fulfilling work is extremely difficult. According to the brilliant physicist, Richard Feynman: “Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly e…lnkd.in/dCieM7c4

The Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, and engineer John von Neumann "was generally regarded as the foremost mathematician of his time and said to be the last representative of the great mathematicians." According to the ren…lnkd.in/dtNCMKbm

When the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was 16 years old, he obtained a copy of the book "A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics" (written by the British mathematician G. S. Carr) which he studied diligently (see…lnkd.in/dKY8gVRR

The English theoretical physicist Paul Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the last century, once made the following fascinating remark (mentioned in the exceptional biography "The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac" by Graham Farmelo): "I…lnkd.in/dDJbPfiw

Einstein once remarked: "After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well." Source: Einstein Archives 33-257 #science #art lnkd.in/dQx_ck8X

I found this description of the thought process of the Iranian mathematician and Fields medalist (2014) Maryam Mirzakhani to be fascinating. The description is by her thesis advisor at Harvard, the American mathematician and also Fields Medalist (1998)…lnkd.in/dv5JXwKg

In a Nature magazine article entitled "Dirac's hidden geometry," his biographer Graham Farmelo writes: "Dirac often said that when he was developing quantum mechanics, he used his favorite branch of mathematics - projective geometry - which concerns the…lnkd.in/dVHv3tgK

Ettore Majorana was a brilliant physicist who mysteriously vanished in 1938. According to the renowned physicist and Nobelist Enrico Fermi: "There are [many] categories of scientists; those of 2nd or 3rd rank [...] never get very far. Then there is the…lnkd.in/dXrdMnV8

Alexander Grothendieck is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the 20th century. Quoting Allyn Jackson, one of his biographers: "[He] changed the landscape of mathematics with a viewpoint that is "cosmically general," in the words of H…lnkd.in/eCwh_jbp

"When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. - Pablo Picasso #art #picasso #genius lnkd.in/de47iTF9

The following quote by Einstein always inspires me, no matter how often I see it. In a 1929 interview, he was asked: "How did he get his ideas?" His answer was: "I'm enough of an artist to draw freely on my imagination. Imagination is more important…lnkd.in/duTMXtpN

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” - Albert Einstein #einstein lnkd.in/dzyznb77

If you REALLY want to learn physics, reading popular books such as "The Elegant Universe" or "A Brief History of Time " won't get you very far (though both books are great reads). With that in mind, Nobel laureate Gerardus 't Hooft built a marvelous web…lnkd.in/dCzc9EBn

The picture below shows the American chemist, chemical engineer, and Nobelist Linus Pauling calculating averages in quantum mechanics. #nobel #chemistry #engineer #chemical lnkd.in/e47GH8Ee

Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician born in 1975. His research spans an unbelievable variety of topics: harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, algebraic, arithmetic, geometric combinatorics, probability theory, compressed sensi…lnkd.in/dTy6kRjp

Three of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics in one picture. From left to right: Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger. #physics #quantummechanics #founders #geniuses #revolution lnkd.in/dhVjqdS6

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The renowned American mathematician Richard Hamming (1915-1998), who made extensive contributions to computer engineering and telecommunications, wrote and lectured extensively about how one might proceed to achieve greatness. Here is a brief selection:…lnkd.in/dMG_geFE

The American physicist and Nobelist Steven Weinberg (1933-2021) was "considered by many to be the preeminent theoretical physicist in the world." However, as a young researcher, he was "bullied" by none other than Richard Feynman. In an interview for th…lnkd.in/dCkdhhT2