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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on May 03, 2010, 03:50

Title: Einstein Should Be Grateful He Didn’t Have Email
Post by: sam on May 03, 2010, 03:50

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’m reading an interesting new book, Bursts by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi. It’s just released today, but I scored an advance copy by virtue of sharing the same publisher. The basic idea is simple: human behavior obeys power laws! That is, things we occasionally do tend to be clustered together, rather than simply occurring with uniform probability. I can’t vouch for either the truth or usefulness of the claims put forward in the book; we all know that power laws can be slippery things. But the stories related along the way are pretty amusing. (And there’s a very spiffy web page.)

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/04/29/einstein-should-be-grateful-he-didnt-have-email/

Title: Re: Einstein Should Be Grateful He Didn’t Have Email
Post by: Clive on May 03, 2010, 18:16

People such as Einstein are so clever that they can excel at almost anything.  Academics are particularly good and quick at letter writing so I'm not surprised he was so prolific. 

Title: Re: Einstein Should Be Grateful He Didn’t Have Email
Post by: Rik on May 03, 2010, 18:18

Leonardo da Vinci was another, of course.

Title: Re: Einstein Should Be Grateful He Didn’t Have Email
Post by: Clive on May 03, 2010, 21:09

Yes indeed. 

Title: Re: Einstein Should Be Grateful He Didn’t Have Email
Post by: Sandra on May 04, 2010, 00:47

Apparently with both hands at the same time too  :o

Title: Re: Einstein Should Be Grateful He Didn’t Have Email
Post by: Rik on May 04, 2010, 09:03

He was very popular as a result.  :o: