Nikola Tesla's prediction of a smartphone, 1926:

Marie Curie is the first scientist, and the only to win the Nobel Prize in two different fields of science.

Euler’s Identity tells us that exponential growth, imaginary rotation, and circular geometry are deeply connected.

Interesting facts about Isaac Asimov > he predicted the future, in his essays he foresaw things like online education, space exploration and video calling > he wrote or edited over 500 books across science fiction, history and popular science. > he introduced three laws of robotics in 1942, shaping how we think about AI and robotics > he avoided flying planes, he preferred cars or trains

Albert Einstein's grade sheet, with 6s (out of 6) in Physics and all Math courses, and 4s in Geography, Drawing and Technical Drawing.

Interesting facts about Nikola Tesla > He had a photographic memory > Tesla was obsessed with the number ‘3’ , choosing hotel rooms with numbers divisible by 3 and walking around buildings 3X before entering. > He built a small earthquake machine, a mechanical oscillator that vibrated intensely that it nearly brought down his manhattan laboratory building. > Tesla envisioned a ‘World Wireless System’ in 1901. Essentially predicting the modern start phone. > He suffered from a severe fear of germs > Tesla was close friends with legendary author Mark Twain > He was fluent in 8 languages > Tesla held roughly 300 patents worldwide. > Tesla invented the Tesla Coil in 1891 > Tesla died penniless

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy") is a groundbreaking three-volume work written by Sir Isaac Newton and first published on July 5, 1687. This is simply known as Principia. Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science.

1965 Nobel Prize in Physics: Richard Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for their independent, foundational work in quantum electrodynamics (QED), which resolved critical infinities in calculations and aligned theory with experiments on elementary particles.

Who is Carl Friedrich Gauss? Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. A child prodigy, Gauss's extraordinary talent appeared early, at age 3. He famously corrected an error in his father's payroll ledger. Around age 7, he stunned his teacher by instantly calculating the sum of integers from 1-100. His 1801 masterpiece, Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, laid the foundations of modern number theory, introducing concepts still central to the field today. Gauss collaborated with Wilhelm Weber to build one of the earliest practical electromagnetic telegraphs. His work in magnetism was so influential that the unit of magnetic flux density, the gauss, is named after him. Gauss developed key ideas behind the normal distribution; beyond mathematics, he made major contributions to physics, astronomy, and geodesy. His peers called him Princeps Mathematicorum - the Prince of Mathematicians. Numerous concepts bear his name- Gauss’s Law in electromagnetism, Gaussian curvature, Gaussian elimination, and more cementing his status as one of history’s greatest scientific minds.

This looks different than the periodic table you learned in high school right? This periodic table takes the elements (usually shown like this) and scales them relative to their abundance on the Earth’s surface. Created by Professor William F. Sheehan at Santa Clara University in 1970.

The "Mind of God," which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout hyperspace. -Michio Kaku

Terence Tao on his weaknesses

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. -Robert H. Goddard

Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926. Goddard was mocked in the press for claiming rockets could work in the vacuum space. Early solid and liquid fuel tests frequently exploded, or only flew a few feet. after years of secret, underfunded work on 16 March 1926 he launched the firsts liquid-fueled rocket ("Nell") about 41 feet high for 2.5 seconds. His patents and methods laid foundations for modern rocketry.

"Teachers who make physics class boring are criminals." - Prof. Walter Lewin

- Max Planck (1858-1947)

She must have hated Calculus 🌚 This is the divorce complaint of Feynman’s second wife

The Curies

In 1687, Isaac Newton published his masterpiece, 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪æ 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 ("𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺"). Written in Latin across three books, it presents Newton's revolutionary laws of motion and universal gravitation, transforming scattered observations into a unified mathematical framework for understanding the physical universe.

Albert Einstein skipped many mathematics classes at university, believing them unnecessary. Luckily, his friend Marcel Grossmann took excellent notes. Later, when developing his general theory of relativity, he asked Grossmann for help with math.

Albert Einstein with writer, musician and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1930.

Niels Bohr, right, and his wife Margrethe Norlund Bohr with Dr. Robert Oppenheimer at Atoms for Peace Award ceremony. In 1957, Niels Bohr was named the very first recipient of the prestigious Atoms for Peace Award for his trailblazing work in atomic structure and his post-war advocacy for the responsible, peaceful use of nuclear energy.

1911 Solvay Conference in Brussels.

NASA scientists with their board of calculations, 1957.

— Albert Einstein

— Paul Dirac

A mother and one of the greatest scientist ever: Marie Sklodowska Currie Only four people have ever won two Nobel Prizes. Marie Curie was the first, and also the only to win in two different fields of science. Her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie was also a Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry.

University of Dhaka, 1930s. J.C. Ghosh, C.V. Raman, G.H. Langley, S.N. Bose, K.S. Krishnan all in one frame. Source: Archives @ NCBS

“[Maryam] Mirzakhani’s research has integrated, with great originality, a broad range of mathematical disciplines - including algebraic and symplectic geometry, low–dimensional topology, and random processes. Her breakthroughs have transformed our perspective on moduli spaces, and led the way to mathematical frontiers where striking developments are still unfolding.” -Curtis T. McMullen

Well both are complicated for us.

The mathematician who defied limits: Sofya Kovalevskaya The first woman in modern Europe to earn a Ph.D in Mathematics. She also discovered important mathematical solutions for partial differential equations and rigid body rotation, most notably formulating the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem and discovering the "Kovalevskaya top".

How long did it take Arnold Rubik to solve the Rubik’s Cube?

Hedy Lamarr was a trailblazing Austrian-American actress and inventor who achieved parallel legacies as a stunning Hollywood film icon and a pioneer of wireless technology. Hedy Lamarr’s groundbreaking invention was patented in 1942 under the title Secret Communication System. It was primarily aimed at helping Allied forces prevent enemy forces from jamming or detecting radio-guided torpedoes. Although her work was initially overlooked, the underlying principles later became foundational in the development of technologies such as Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth systems we rely on every day.

17 Equations that changed the world

Resonant frequency demonstration This is natural frequency of an object vibrating at the highest amplitude.