Topic: hey isn't it swell that there are so many people who understand baffingly complicated mathematics?
Sheila LaBoof started this discussion 7 years ago #83,320
I've looked at some of it, and holy cow. Schools need to stop pretending that any Joe Fuckhead can get a PhD. in that shit.
Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #959,361
It still baffles me that I could be good at complex calculations and yet still have trouble with simple arithmetic.
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I watched a TED talk and now I can discuss string theory with Ph.D theoretical physicists. Thanks.
Syntax joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,491
@959,361 (Catherine !ttGirlsPl2)
> It still baffles me that I could be good at complex calculations and yet still have trouble with simple arithmetic.
It baffles me that I am really good with Calculus yet have to use spell check to get the sperling correct. Oh I am having great difficulty with Math for Quantum physics.
Also a little known fact. Einstein was NOT a wiz bang wid upper Calculus and needed extra help in school.
> It still baffles me that I could be good at complex calculations and yet still have trouble with simple arithmetic.
It baffles me that I am really good with Calculus yet have to use spell check to get the sperling correct. Oh I am having great difficulty with Math for Quantum physics.
Also a little known fact. Einstein was NOT a wiz bang wid upper Calculus and needed extra help in school.
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Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 27 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,506
@959,491 (Syntax)
> Also a little known fact. Einstein was NOT a wiz bang and upper Calculus and needed extra help in school.
that's not a "little known fact" it's a common lie told to children struggling in school, lol!
> Also a little known fact. Einstein was NOT a wiz bang and upper Calculus and needed extra help in school.
that's not a "little known fact" it's a common lie told to children struggling in school, lol!
Syntax replied with this 7 years ago, 14 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,508
@previous (C)Since I do not have that infamous IQ of 181 I on occasion make Mistrakes or am missing information because I have let self listen to fake news - So I looked up problems Einstein had
Is it true that Einstein was a lousy student?
In some ways, yes. When he was very young, Einstein’s parents worried that he had a learning disability because he was very slow to learn to talk. (He also avoided other children and had extraordinary temper tantrums.) When he started school, he did very well-he was a creative and persistent problem-solver-but he hated the rote, disciplined style of the teachers at his Munich school, and he dropped out when he was 15. Then, when he took the entrance examination for a polytechnic school in Zurich, he flunked. (He passed the math part, but failed the botany, zoology and language sections.) Einstein kept studying and was admitted to the polytechnic institute the following year, but even then he continued to struggle: His professors thought that he was smart but much too pleased with himself, and some doubted that he would graduate. He did, but not by much-which is how the young physicist found himself working in the Swiss Patent Office instead of at a school or university.
In some ways, yes. When he was very young, Einstein’s parents worried that he had a learning disability because he was very slow to learn to talk. (He also avoided other children and had extraordinary temper tantrums.) When he started school, he did very well-he was a creative and persistent problem-solver-but he hated the rote, disciplined style of the teachers at his Munich school, and he dropped out when he was 15. Then, when he took the entrance examination for a polytechnic school in Zurich, he flunked. (He passed the math part, but failed the botany, zoology and language sections.) Einstein kept studying and was admitted to the polytechnic institute the following year, but even then he continued to struggle: His professors thought that he was smart but much too pleased with himself, and some doubted that he would graduate. He did, but not by much-which is how the young physicist found himself working in the Swiss Patent Office instead of at a school or university.
Always a persistent - if not successful - student, Einstein hit the books, took the exam again and passed. Still, he remained a lackluster student throughout college. He skipped classes and angered professors because he preferred to study on his own. Einstein even had trouble getting a job after graduation because at least one professor wrote a scathing "recommendation" letter. In the end, a family friend stepped in and secured Einstein a desk job at the Swiss patent office
If however you want to view in detail a somewhat incomplete in detail answer in Simple Math Einstein gave trying to help a youngster
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20171219a/full/
There are several examples of Einstein asking for help with his Math and this is just ONE
he did occasionally need help with his math. One time, famously, from his own assistant.
The story of Einstein's search for Avogadro's Number has become famous over the years. Supposedly it proves that Einstein wasn't very good at math. That's not true. Einstein was always very good at math. But when you're a genius as a physicist and a chemist, there's always going to be something you're not as good at. Einstein was known to ask students to check his arithmetic during lectures and one of his most famous mistakes was screwing up the math during his search for Avogadro's Number.
The story of Einstein's search for Avogadro's Number has become famous over the years. Supposedly it proves that Einstein wasn't very good at math. That's not true. Einstein was always very good at math. But when you're a genius as a physicist and a chemist, there's always going to be something you're not as good at. Einstein was known to ask students to check his arithmetic during lectures and one of his most famous mistakes was screwing up the math during his search for Avogadro's Number.
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