Biography

He took a course in thermodynamics taught by Professor Percy Bridgman.

A group of scholars in the 20th century decided that Hypatia was the most intelligent person in the history of mankind.

Tesla was a capable, bright student able to perform integral calculus by memory.

He lacked laboratory skills. He did not feel comfortable in the laboratory, it took him a very long time to plan and carry out experiments, he even worked at night and still had a lot of catching up to do.

Some researchers believe Shakespeare was not fond of his wife.

However, he arrived in Prague too late to enroll at the university.

Shakespeare’s family home still stands in Stratford on Henley Street.

On his second expedition, Columbus chose a more southerly route.

After a year of apprenticeship in a painter's studio, he moved to the studio of the sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni.

When the Santa Maria was wrecked and Columbus lost contact with the Pinta in a storm, he decided to use the only surviving ship, the Niña, to bring news of the discovery of a route to America to the royal court.