Template:Jane Thomson/A Celebration of Intellect

Although I usually find blogging to be quite a waste of time as the majority of blog readers have little intellectual worth and there is much more to be gained from writing a scholarly article, I decided to make an exception today and once again attempt to reach out to the masses, both stellar and dull. Bear with me as I attempt to dumb down my language for the average reader.

As today is Pi Day, I would like to take the time to commemorate all intellectuals. Yes, it is also my birthday; however, I find celebrations of birthdays to be a wild waste of time. How is a birthday worth celebrating compared with any achievement at all?

Nonetheless, I digress. When discussing intellectuals, of course we must discuss the mathematicians and physicists who made our modern day sciences possible. I have a long list of such people; however, keeping in line with the goal of reaching out to people, I will discuss arguably the most famous of them all: Isaac Newton. Most know him for the story of an apple tree leading to his "discovery" of gravity. His theory based on observations regarding gravity was little compared to the work he achieved in classical mechanics, reflecting telescopes, the laws of motion, and calculus. So next time when you're pondering the real world applications of mechanics and the implications of movement in planes, stop to think of and commemorate the work of our Newton.