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WTF Fun Fact 12572 – Einstein Never Failed Math

Albert Einstein never failed a single subject, despite rumors that he failed math as a child. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12572 – Einstein Never Failed Math appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact 12403 – Your Brain on Math

Math and language are processed in entirely different ways by out brains. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12403 – Your Brain on Math appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

In 1930, Chandra, an Indian student…

In 1930, Chandra, an Indian student showed mathematically that massive stars explode into a supernova and then collapse down into neutron stars,or black holes. Before that Scientists assumed that all stars collapsed into white dwarfs when they died. Chandra’s theory was ridiculed as ‘absurd’. The post In 1930, Chandra, an Indian student… appeared first on… Read More »

One of the most important mathematical…

One of the most important mathematical books ever written, Principia Mathematica, needed 360 pages to prove that 1 + 1 = 2. The book itself is considered so advanced and hard to understand that it’s rarely used in academia at all. The post One of the most important mathematical… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source