[SOC] [OT] But important scientific question

[Madison Jones]

No, no, no!  By discussing something other than radio, it proves they are TRULY second class.  They should get a star by their numbers.

Regards,

Madison  W5MJ
SOC 626


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From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Besemer (WM4B)
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:58 AM
To: 'Second Class Operators' Club'
Subject: Re: [SOC] [OT] But important scientific question

Wow... this is some seriously non-SOC stuff here.  

Is there a process by which we can disqualify some of the participants of this thread?  Maybe give them a negative (or imaginary) SOC number?

Mike
WM4B
SOC # 13^2

-----Original Message-----
From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 9:46 AM
To: Second Class Operators' Club
Cc: Ian C. Purdie
Subject: Re: [SOC] [OT] But important scientific question

You forgot:

Alan Turing
Marian Adam Rejewski
Jerzy Witold Różycki
Henryk Zygalski
Alfred Dillwyn Knox



On 15-Feb-10 14:25, Dana Browne AD5VC wrote:
> While Einstein was brilliant, he used mathematics (specifically Riemannian geometry) rather than developing it.�� Genius physicist, but not a mathematician.
>
> Here's a list:
>
> Euler
> Bernoulli
> Laplace
> deCartes
> Euclid
> Riemann
> Hermite
> Lagrange
> Newton
> Pascal
> Gauss
> Fibonacci
> Leibnitz
> Fermat
> Hilbert
> Fourier
>
>
> Dana
> AD5VC
>
> --- On Mon, 2/15/10, Ian C. Purdie<ianpurdie at integritynet.com.au>  wrote:
>
> From: Ian C. Purdie<ianpurdie at integritynet.com.au>
> Subject: [SOC] [OT]  But important scientific question
> To: "Flying Pigs"<fpqrp-l at fpqrp.com>, "Second Class Operators' Club"<soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 2:41 AM
>
> Sorry to bother the list but I've just had a "serious debate" with my
> twin 12 year old grand-daughters attending first year of High School.
>
> For there first assignment in mathematics [they're in different classes]
> they are to select a famous mathematician in history, briefly detail his
> life and times and expand upon why he is famous in mathematics and a few
> other things.
>
> The first twin asked me last Friday evening and I mentioned the usual
> names off the top of my head. Euclid, Archimedes etc. etc.
>
> She countered that everyone wanted to do Einstein.
>
> I suggested that Einstein was a brilliant Physicist and no doubt while
> obviously well versed in mathematics, that was not for which he was well
> known [in the strict sense] for.
>
> This evening the other twin is now wedded to the idea of Einstein and
> the other one said, the teacher said, Einstein is a well known
> mathematician.
>
> What say ye geniuses? Who, given the assignment, would seriously select
> Einstein among the prominent mathematicians of the world.
>
> I confess, that in my early days given a similar assignment as Sydney
> University, I was consumed by a book called "Men in Mathematics" which
> covered the life and times of prominent mathematicians and I found it a
> riveting read.
>
>
> Thanks! :)
>
> Ian C. Purdie - VK2TIP
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