Hall of Fame
Isaac Newton, how did you rest-when you discovered that absolute time and place were lost?"
Burning Thoughts
Isaac Newton, how did you rest-when you discovered that absolute time and place were lost?"
A equation relating Halley's Comet, the 17-year cicadas, and the calendar year is a Diophantine equation, an equation which only permits integer solutions.
I learned two lessons that night. 12 times 12 is 144 and theories should be put to the test as soon as possible.
The cicadas last appeared in 2004 and return every 17 years. Halley's Comet last appeared in 1986 and returns every 76 years. In what year must man be alive to hear the cicadas and see…