Unlock Your Mind: Meet the Greatest Geniuses in History on This Site!

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The discussion highlights a website featuring portraits of historical geniuses, prompting users to engage with the content. Participants share their familiarity with the images, noting specific details about the portraits, such as Joule's beard and Kurchatov's appearance. There are humorous remarks about personal experiences and the social lives of physicists, particularly referencing R. Clausius and his past. The conversation also touches on the romantic reputations of famous physicists like Heisenberg, Dirac, and Schrödinger. Overall, the thread combines appreciation for historical figures with light-hearted banter about their personal lives.
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Check out this site if you want to meet and greet some of the biggest geniuses of all time :wink: :

http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/portraits.html

enjoy :biggrin:

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Haha. I've seen most of these pictures in books somewhere.
I think Joule just had his beard shortened for his picture on that site. I've seen one where it is really huge.
Also, check out the beard on Kurchatov.
 
Typical American prejudice:
J.W. Gibbs is the only pre-20th century guy who has TWO pictures!
 
Hey, I see my photograph (R. Clausius). Well, excuse me for my bad presence, but two girls and I had an affair that night... :smile: You know, the lonely of a physicist requires such a nights... :biggrin:
 
Clausius2 said:
Hey, I see my photograph (R. Clausius). Well, excuse me for my bad presence, but two girls and I had an affair that night... :smile: You know, the lonely of a physicist requires such a nights... :biggrin:


Heisenberg was reputed to be quite the philanderer. Or maybe it was Dirac. Or both. I dun't remember.
 
franznietzsche said:
Heisenberg was reputed to be quite the philanderer. Or maybe it was Dirac. Or both. I dun't remember.
It was Shrödinger who was the ladies man.
 

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