It would've stumped Einstein: the missing-pen-by-the-phone theorem
Submitted by His Nibs on Fri, 05/13/2005 - 02:24.
A Passion for Pens
From the Christian Science Monitor:
"By Lenore Skenazy
NEW YORK – Yeah, yeah, this is the 100th anniversary of Einstein's "Miracle Year" - the year he figured out everything from relativity to atoms to e=mc2. So how come Mr. Genius never bothered to explain the deepest physics mystery of all: Where does the pen by the phone go?"
Ms. Skenazy questions a group of physicists -- and a professional organzier -- to help her solve the mystery!
The entire article is linked on my weblog: http://hisnibs.blogspot.com
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