In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman in France to earn a PhD in physics.
The professors who reviewed her doctoral thesis on radiation declared it “the greatest single contribution to science ever written”.
It’s time for a thread on the “Mother of Modern Physics”👇👇👇
John Wooden’s Eight Suggestions for Succeeding:
1 — Fear no opponent. Respect every opponent.
2 — Remember, it’s the perfection of the smallest details that make big things happen.
3 — Keep in mind that hustle makes up for many a mistake.
4 — Be more interested in character than reputation.
5 — Be quick, but don’t hurry.
6 — Understand that the harder you work, the more luck you will have.
7 — Know that valid self-analysis is crucial for improvement.
Though Mount Everest is the highest mountain above sea level, it is not technically the tallest mountain.
That honor belongs to Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
Base-to-peak, Mauna Kea is 10,210m (33,500 ft) tall, but only 4,205m (13,796 ft) of that is above sea level.
Anthony Pompliano, AKA “Pomp”, (@apompliano) is a successful investor.
He currently invests in blockchain technology and digital assets and was previously a venture capitalist.
Here are 7 books he has recommended👇
1) “Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies” by Nik Bhatia
2) “The Dao of Capital” by Mark Spitznagel
3) “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” by Eric Jorgenson
4) “Die with Zero” by Bill Perkins
This iconic portrait of Winston Churchill was taken by Yousuf Karsh.
Churchill was in a belligerent mood, because he had only been informed shortly before the photoshoot that Karsh had been commissioned to take his picture.
Initially, Churchill refused to remove his cigar for the portrait.
Churchill finally removed the cigar, but not his scowl.
Karsh said, “By the time I got back to my camera, he looked so belligerent, he could have devoured me. It was at that instant that I took the photograph.”
TIL Thomas Edison did not actually invent the lightbulb.
Though Edison did land the patent for the lightbulb in 1880, the actual inventor was British astronomer and chemist Warren de la Rue.
De la Rue created the first lightbulb 40 years earlier.