Happy Birthday to Albert Einstein
I am reading A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future , by Daniel H. Pink. I wouldn't have chosen this book had I been book hunting because I lean toward fiction—it was a gift from someone who, like me, is right-brain dominate. I haven't gotten very far, just far enough to learn that in Hippocrates' day, the left side of the brain was considered the true source of thought, the thing that separated us from the animals and made us human. It was the source of reason and logic. The right side was considered a useless left over, a parasite. Now we know that both sides of our brains are equally important and equally involved in our daily thoughts and functions. But some of us do seem to be governed by one side more strongly than the other. Me, sometimes I think the left side of my brain has completely atrophied, that the right side governs everything. But I am learning that I don't give that other side enough credit, that logical mathy side. As I read on ab...
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I love that photo.
other notable march 14th birthdays:
georg phillip telemann (if it's not baroque...)
johann strauss (the elder)
lucy hobbs taylor (1st US female dentist)
les brown (and his band of renown)
quincy jones ('we are the world')
michael caine (such a great actor)
billy crystal (a very witty fellow)
megan follows (anne with an 'e')
and i'll toss this one on for dive, since albert stole his hair...
olive netta parsons (co-founder of the radical british 'collet's bookshop') :)