Friday, December 09, 2005

World's Hardest Equation

You're going for the household names I see !

For science I would have to add:

Pythagoras
Whoever invented the wheel
Whoever invented the abacus

Art/Science crossover:

Leonardo Da Vinci

B-List genii : Euler, Hawking, Ramanujan, Aristotle, Archimedes, Alexander The Great, Lennon & McCartney (together), Penrose, Bagwell

BBC radio 4 had a recent poll for the greatest philosopher of all time:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher_vote_result.shtml

To test your genius, apparently this is the worlds hardest equation to balance

? H2 + ? Ca(CN)2 + ? NaAlF4 + ? FeSO4 + ? MgSiO3 + ? KI + ? H3PO4 + ? PbCrO4 + ? BrCl + ? CF2Cl2 + ? SO2 -> ? PbBr2 + ? CrCl3 + ? MgCO3 + ? KAl(OH)4 + ? Fe(SCN)3 + ? PI3 + ? Na2SiO3 + ? CaF2 + ? H2O

It can be done apparently - what's the answer?

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