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Article #7724Re: Einstein, Dirac and so on....
From: Bilge
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 04:52
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 04:52
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Cozmo Man: >davidoff404 wrote: >> Franco wrote: >>> Most of people handle Einstein as he was the most physicist. >>> >>> I can't help thinking that most "that" people, IGNORE the history >>> of physics. >>> >>> For instance, there are a lot of physicists. Paul Dirac in my >>> opinion is better than Einstein. Of course that's only my opinion. >>> >>> But I can't stand that most of people do not know who Paul Dirac >>> was. >>> >>> Franco >>> >>> >> >> Instead of asking "Who is your favourite physicist," I find that >> better discussions arise out of asking "What's your favourite >> manifold?", "What's your favourite gauge group?", or "What's your >> favourite spacetime?" > >a. Hyper-Kaehler manifold, or more generally Quaternion-Kaehler >manifolds. > >b. G-structure and torsion-free G-connection: G -> GL(n,H)GL(1,H) of >GL(4n,R). > >c. If I told you, I would have to kill you. We take our spacetimes >very seriously around here. > >> >> Besides, everyone knows that Hamilton was the "best" >> physicist/mathematician... > >Wasn't Hamilton in a duel with Burr? > Yeah. Hamilton won because burr didn't know about hamilton's principle and burr's bullet wandered around so long it fell to the ground and never made it to the target.
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