The final question in this year’s competition is: Whose actions/efforts did more to advance and disseminate the prestige of science? The spirit of the question asks about Einstein’s and du Châtelet’s efforts, not the effects of their work. You are, of course, free to interpret it however you like.[1] The delay in posting the final […]
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The final four produced some large gaps in the final tally. Einstein overcame Darwin by 5 and du Châtelet defeated Lovelace by 4. Here’s how the tournament shaped up: There were some surprisingly resilient participants, e.g., Lovelace and Pythagoras seemed to hang on a long time, as did Albertus Magnus, as well as some early […]
For the Final Four we return to a historical judgement question: Whose reputation has history under appreciated? Whether you interpret that question narrowly to apply only to the person’s intellectual accomplishments or understand the question more broadly to include the person’s iconic status is up to you. Here are the match-ups for this round:
The victors in this round are not only division champions, but also advance to the final four. I have to confess, some results surprised me. When asked Whom would you want to be locked in a cell with for a year? you chose: Arithmetica Einstein over Galileo by 11 Astronomia du Châtelet over Copernicus by […]
After a handful of “intellectual” questions, we have another social question.[1] For this round, the question is: Whom would you want to be locked in a cell with for a year? In other words, whom would you want as your sole human company for a year? This is sort of the inverse of Round 1’s […]
Whose work/contribution are you willing to erase from history? Once you get beyond the fact that some of these competitors haven’t lost in previous rounds, this round offered few surprises. I was sorry to see Trismegistus knocked out—not because he was particularly important, but because I liked the fact that a fictional character was still […]
Here are the results from HistorySTM March Madness Round 2. The question for Round 2 was: Whose reputation has been most exaggerated by history? Once again some of these results surprised me. How, for example, has history exaggerated Copernicus’s reputation more than Hypatia’s? Or Darwin more than Dee? Oh well. Here are the results. Arithmetica […]
Here are the results for HistorySTM March Madness Round 1. The question for Round 1 was: Whom would you most like to have coffee with? A number of these results surprised me, e.g., al-Nafis over Aurillac. Seriously, I would love to talk to somebody who had an animated brazen head. That he was a pope […]
Voting in Round 3 of the HistorySTM March Madness is now open. This round’s question: Whose work/contribution are you willing to erase from history?
Round 2 brought it’s own surprises (as least to me). Some runaway victories, some tight contests. Here is how Round 3 shapes up. Voting begins in a minute: