by Ralph Benko | Mar 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Saturday, March 10th, 2012 An urban legend attributes to Albert Einstein a declaration that compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe. Right thought. Wrong source. As author Sylvia Nasar notes in her lovely Grand Pursuit: The...
by Ralph Benko | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 It was March, 1851 and gold had recently been discovered about 30 miles south of here on the Scott River. A group of six men… while striking camp the next morning, Thompson observed something extraordinary. Because...
by Ralph Benko | Mar 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted Saturday, March 03, 2012 Share “Archimedes jumped out of the tub and rushed home naked, crying with a loud voice … “Eureka, eureka” = “I have found (it), I have found (it)”. from THE TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE DE ARCHITECTURA LIBRI DECEM...
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