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fromFast Company
3 days ago

Why it pays to believe in luck

The oil tycoon J. Paul Getty was rumoured to have said that his three rules for how to become rich were: Rise early. Work hard. Strike oil. It's one of those eminently quotable remarks because it captures something we all know to be true, that luck and chance have as much to do with success as anything else. Yet we don't value people for their luck.
Philosophy
Science
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

National Geographic leverages Einstein Messenger chatbot in Genius promo

National Geographic launched a Facebook Messenger bot portraying Albert Einstein to educate users about physics and promote the series Genius premiering April 25.
Relationships
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

31 Families With Dramatic Backstories, Shocking Secrets, And Truly Fascinating Lore

Family lore includes an accidental encounter with Albert Einstein, indirect ties to the Irish mob, and a Texas wildcatter who made and lost vast fortunes.
History
fromOpen Culture
3 months ago

Einstein's Divorce Letters and the Cruel List of Marital Demands He Imposed on His First Wife

Einstein's personal life involved affairs, a strained marriage to Mileva Marić, and explicit written conditions for continuing to live together and divorce.
fromOpen Culture
6 months ago

Albert Einstein Tells His Son That the Key to Learning & Happiness Is Losing Yourself in Creativity (or "Finding Flow")

These days I have completed one of the most beautiful works of my life.
Mindfulness
Education
fromOpen Culture
7 months ago

Albert Einstein's Grades: A Fascinating Look at His Report Cards

Einstein excelled intellectually but struggled with authoritarian schooling, revealing a clash between his curiosity and educational norms.
fromNPR.org
7 years ago

Time Travel With Your Fridge?

Since H.G. Wells combined the words "time travel" - and used them so systematically to refer to using a machine to travel to a certain date in the calendar - in The Time Machine in 1895, scientists and the public at large have been fascinated with its possibility.
Science
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