Great article about Euler.
🕑 Reading time: 1 minute Euler's theory of column buckling is used to estimate the critical buckling load of column since the stress in the column remains elastic. The critical buckling load is the maximum load that a column can withstand when it is on the verge of buckling. The buckling failure...
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Leonhard Euler was one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
He contributed heavily to graph theory, calculus, mathematical functions, mechanics, astronomy, and even music theory.
This guy is the reason we learn about Euler’s number “e” in math class.
Even when he almost completely lost his eyesight, he relied on his exceptional memory and mental skills to continue working.
His works, when compiled together, came to 92 complete volumes, more than anybody in history.
One day when he was 76, he was sitting at his home in St. Petersburg watching his grandson play and smoking his pipe when a massive brain hemorrhage came.
Without hesitation, he muttered, “I am dying……”, and collapsed for good.
A sad but emphatic ending to a legendary contributor to world progress.
I think his passing would have been a whole lot sadder if his last words had been: “Bugger. I forgot to carry the 1.”