Scientific jokes - 2

Damian Fashion with eyes Einstein

Once in New York, Einstein was invited to a grand banquet in his honor. It was a completely official reception: all the men present were in ties, and their half in deep -shedding evening dresses. Einstein's wife was sick and could not accompany her husband. Returning from the banquet, Einstein discovered that she waited for him and is now waiting for a story about how everything had passed.

When he began to tell her about which of the scientists was at the banquet, she interrupted her husband: “Better tell me what was wearing the ladies!”

“Above the table is nothing at all,” answered Einstein, “and under the table I did not dare to look ...

Formula success

Einstein often had to answer reporters to the question of what the secret of his success. Therefore, he even invented a special formula.

“Success,” Einstein said to the interlocutor, “is the amount of X + Y + Z, where X is hard and tedious work, and Y is a light and pleasant game.” Of course, after that he was always asked what Z. “And this,” answered Einstein, “the ability to be silent when you listen to the interlocutor.”

To everyone By work

Professor Edmund Landau (we have a well -known on the “basics of analysis”) annually arranged a banquet for his diplomats. At the same time, places for guests were not designated by families, but in the form of quotes (formulas or other bright places) from the thesis issued for special cards.

One of the graduates was very worried that it would be written on his card, because he perfectly understood that nothing sensible was done in his work. Nevertheless, he did not have any difficulties with the definition of his place at the table: Landau left one of the cards empty.

Landau and Farmaticists

Herr Professor was not the first and only mathematician who had to answer the annoying letters of people who believed that they managed to prove the last (also great) the theorem of the farm. But he was the first to use modern technology in such correspondence.

Landau ordered 500 forms in the university printing house with the following text: “Dear ...! I thank you for the manuscript you sent with the proof of the great farm theorem. The first error is on page ... in the line ... "

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