https://bigthink.com/the-past/hobbies-fi...-geniuses/
INTRO: It is common to think that geniuses obsessively focus only on their primary field of study and nothing else. This is often very far from the truth, and a number of the greatest minds of all time have enjoyed many hobbies. Here is what five of history’s Big Thinkers did in their spare time... (MORE - details)
COVERED:
Ada Lovelace liked to gamble, a little too much
Albert Einstein was a skilled musician
Issac Newton searched for the Philosopher’s Stone
John Maynard Keynes collected paintings and promoted the arts
Alan Turing could keep up with Olympian marathon runners
INTRO: It is common to think that geniuses obsessively focus only on their primary field of study and nothing else. This is often very far from the truth, and a number of the greatest minds of all time have enjoyed many hobbies. Here is what five of history’s Big Thinkers did in their spare time... (MORE - details)
COVERED:
Ada Lovelace liked to gamble, a little too much
Albert Einstein was a skilled musician
Issac Newton searched for the Philosopher’s Stone
John Maynard Keynes collected paintings and promoted the arts
Alan Turing could keep up with Olympian marathon runners