How Various Famous Scientists Met their End
Written during a very silly party on Thanksgiving, 1997.
Euler fell off a bridge
Darwin was mauled by an ape
Ohm died aiding the Resistance
Pavlov starved waiting for the dinner bell
Kelvin died of frostbite
Newton died of a concussion
Liebniz also died of concussion at the same time, but via a different approach
Heisenberg -- Well, we're not sure what happened to him
Watt just ran out of steam
Pasteur drank bad milk
Tesla was struck by lightning
Mendel died of a legume allergy
Einstein's still alive, in a different reference frame.
Pauling died of scurvy
Edison went out like a light
Chandrasekhar reached his limit
Schwarzchild fell down a hole
Mohorovicic was discontinued
Richter died in an earthquake
Bernoulli couldn't take the pressure
Poiseulle flowed away
Sagan was abducted by aliens
Mach died in a high-speed chase
Fermat's death is left as an exercise to the reader
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