Was Einstein indeed "Very Great"? [Physics]

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From: BURT on 1 Mar 2010 21:10

On Mar 1, 6:06 pm, Marvin the Martian <mar...(a)ontomars.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:20:59 -0800, Raymond Yohros wrote:
> > On Mar 1, 11:56 am, Urion <blackman_...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> But he wasn't a good physicist since manipulating complicated
> >> mathematical equations doesn't equal of doing good physics.
>
> > he was an incredible physicist
> > and that is the reason of his simple and elegant math!!!
>
> > r.y
>
> No comment on how he didn't give any credit to his first wife for helping
> him with math, or how he's famous for the work of others? Or how he was
> an obstacle to progress in quantum mechanics and to cosmology due to his
> bigoted and irrational objections?
>
> Humm...

He was right about Quantum Mechanics. Science had to reserve judgement
on a man as great as Him.

Mitch Raemsch

From: uriz1 on 1 Mar 2010 22:40

There are two mathematical physicists today who I think are comparable
in talent to Einstein: John Baez and Edward Witten. John Baez is the
founder of loop quantum gravity. Edward Witten was a major contributor
to string theory and he also published two books on the subject.

Anyway, two incredibly mathematically gifted people. It took me 2
years to master calculus. Someone like John Baez did probably master
calculus (including vector calculus) in less 2 months.

From: Urion on 1 Mar 2010 22:43

There are two mathematical physicists today who I think are
comparable
in talent to Einstein: John Baez and Edward Witten. John Baez is the
founder of loop quantum gravity. Edward Witten was a major
contributor
to string theory and he also published two books on the subject.

Anyway, two incredibly mathematically gifted people. It took me 2
years to master calculus and that is with computer help. Someone like
John Baez did probably master calculus (including vector calculus)in
less 2 months with no or very little compute help.

From: Marvin the Martian on 1 Mar 2010 22:45

On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:40:07 -0800, uriz1 wrote:

> There are two mathematical physicists today who I think are comparable
> in talent to Einstein: John Baez and Edward Witten. John Baez is the
> founder of loop quantum gravity. Edward Witten was a major contributor
> to string theory and he also published two books on the subject.

String theory. yeah, right. Like Einstein's hidden variable theory except
instead of just two hidden variables, there's about a dozen. String
theory is non-science hypothesis that doesn't predict anything.

Sells a lot of pop-Fizicks books and videos, however.

Baez used to post here.

> Anyway, two incredibly mathematically gifted people. It took me 2 years
> to master calculus. Someone like John Baez did probably master calculus
> (including vector calculus) in less 2 months.

Your idle idol speculation is humorous. No disrespect to Baez, but even
if, who cares no matter what you define "calculus" to be.

From: Androcles on 2 Mar 2010 02:32

<uriz1(a)bezeqint.net> wrote in message
news:27f9e1bb-0fa5-4eee-8750-4f5516feaf30(a)y11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> There are two mathematical physicists today who I think are comparable
> in talent to Einstein: John Baez and Edward Witten. John Baez is the
> founder of loop quantum gravity. Edward Witten was a major contributor
> to string theory and he also published two books on the subject.
>
> Anyway, two incredibly mathematically gifted people. It took me 2
> years to master calculus. Someone like John Baez did probably master
> calculus (including vector calculus) in less 2 months.

Bwahahahahahaha!
There are two drivers today who I think are comparable in talent
to Benz's daughter Mercedes, who has a car named for her:
Jensen Button and Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton won in 2008.
Jensen Button won in 2009.
Anyway, two incredibly gifted people. It took you 2 years to master
your bicycle. Someone like Jensen Button did probably master
bicycle riding (including balancing while upright) in less 2 days.

Take the training wheels off your little red wagon, sonny, it's
only taken you two years to learn to drive it. You show your abject
stupidity with "vector calculus", you haven't got a clue!