These are companion slides to "Hack Your Brain", which has pictures of brilliant people.
 All of them have trivia and fun facts, making them even more rememberable. You should "Wikipedia-them-all" :)

1. hAcK yOuR brAin - TRIVIA
@abelar_s - maitre-du-monde.fr
These are companion slides
to « Hack Your Brain »
It has pictures of brilliant people.
All of them have trivia and fun
facts, making them even more
rememberable :)
lundi 11 février 2013

2. Who am I ?
‣ EPITA, Faveod, ParisRB
‣ Ruby since 2006
‣ Rails since 2007
And I have some heroes. For Science.
‣ they’rein no particular order
‣ they may have much, much more trivia
‣ some of these fun facts might be myths
lundi 11 février 2013

3. leOnArdO dA VinCi
Known for:
‣ Renaissance man
Trivia:
‣ illegitimate son
‣ procrastinator
‣ had a pet dragon
‣ visit the Clos Lucé :)
lundi 11 février 2013

4. AlbeRt einSteiN
Known for:
‣ relativity
Trivia:
‣ not wearing socks
‣ let his driver do his
conference?
lundi 11 février 2013

5. KuRt GÖdel
Known for:
‣ incompleteness
theorem
Trivia:
‣ found loopholes in the
US constitution
‣ starved to death
lundi 11 février 2013

6. eVAriStE GaLOiS
Known for:
‣ well...
Galois’ theory
‣ maths / algebra
Trivia:
‣ was challenged to a duel
he knew he couldn’t win
‣ stayed up all night
writing maths?
‣ lost the duel
lundi 11 février 2013

7. Karl-fRiedRiCh GAuSS
Known for:
‣ general
math
awesomeness
Trivia:
‣ was too smart at age 3
lundi 11 février 2013

8. JeAn-frAnÇOiS
ChaMPOlliON
Known for:
‣ decyphering hieroglyphs
Trivia:
‣ spokemany dead
languages by age 12
lundi 11 février 2013

9. BlAiSE PaSCaL
Known for:
‣ Pascaline(calculator)
‣ many sciences
Trivia:
‣ Pascal’s wager
lundi 11 février 2013

10. BObbY fiScheR
Known for:
‣ chess grandmaster
Trivia:
‣ problems with the FBI
lundi 11 février 2013

11. SRinivaSa RaManuJan
Known for:
‣ math awesomeness
Trivia:
‣ his letters were
believed to be an
elaborate prank
‣ no proofs in the first
books he read
‣ died from a disease in
the UK
lundi 11 février 2013

12. gRaCE hOppeR
Known for:
‣ general computer
awesomeness
‣ building stuff you use
‣ COBOL / FORTRAN
Trivia:
‣ US army
‣ 1st compiler
‣ 1st « bug »
lundi 11 février 2013

13. BenjamiN fRanKlin
Known for:
‣ US president
‣ Science and thunder
Trivia:
‣ Day of the Tentacle
cameo
‣ way too much trivia
lundi 11 février 2013

14. ArChiMèdE
Known for:
‣ his bath
Trivia:
‣ diedbecause he
pissed off a soldier
during Syracuse’s fall
lundi 11 février 2013

15. GOttfRied-Wilhelm liebniZ
Known for:
‣ science
Trivia:
‣ rivalitywith Newton
‣ df/dx is Liebniz’s
‣ dotted f is Newton’s
‣ « monad »
lundi 11 février 2013

16. Ada ByROn-lOVelACe
Known for:
‣ the first computer:
« analytical engine »
Trivia:
‣ did you notice her first
name?
‣ took gambling to get
funding... got in debt
‣ her portrait on some
MS’s holograms
lundi 11 février 2013

17. RiChaRd feYnMan
Known for:
‣ Manhattan project
Trivia:
‣ his pick-up technique
lundi 11 février 2013

18. MariA SKłOdOwSKa
Known for:
‣ radioactivity
Trivia:
‣ her nationality will
drive you into endless
debates if you’re
french or polish
‣ death by her own
discovery
lundi 11 février 2013

19. Alan TuRinG
Known for:
‣ Computer Science
Trivia:
‣ sad death
‣ excuses from the
government by JGC
lundi 11 février 2013