Copernicus, Arabic numerals, Feynman diagrams, double helix, periodic table, cartesian coordinates, Einstein (and for that matter, Minkowski), information theory (bits), germ theory. These are just the super famous ones.
Let’s take Copernicus, so I would assume the ‘hard problem’ he solved was the modelling of planets and astronomical objects, right? A heliocentric model simplified the calculations needed, right? Also, was it seen at the time as a problem—as I understand it the Ptolemaic model, while needlessly complicated did do a good job of modelling astronomical objects. I’m not familiar enough with the history to know.
How can I apply this to my own problem solving, on a everyday level?
Copernicus, Arabic numerals, Feynman diagrams, double helix, periodic table, cartesian coordinates, Einstein (and for that matter, Minkowski), information theory (bits), germ theory. These are just the super famous ones.
Let’s take Copernicus, so I would assume the ‘hard problem’ he solved was the modelling of planets and astronomical objects, right? A heliocentric model simplified the calculations needed, right? Also, was it seen at the time as a problem—as I understand it the Ptolemaic model, while needlessly complicated did do a good job of modelling astronomical objects. I’m not familiar enough with the history to know.
How can I apply this to my own problem solving, on a everyday level?