Zerah Colburn could instantaneously tell the square root of 106,929 as 327, and the cube root of 268,336,125 as 645. Before the question of the number of minutes in forty-eight years could be written he said 25,228,810. He immediately gave the factors of 247,483 as 941 and 263, which are the only two; and being asked then for those of 36, 083, answered none; it is a prime number. He could not tell how the answer came into his mind. He could not, no paper, do simple multiplication or division. My fellow engineers, everyone of you is a genius and there is a way to stimulate and awaken the power within you and do like Zerah Colburn and beyond.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:29:24 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015