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You read my mind on that one Andy. Da Vinci was the man. He had his hands in everything. He was an engineer, mathematician, philosopher, anatomist, geologist, painter, sculptor and architect (Plus a bunch of other things as well). The term "renaissance man" was coined because of him (and a few of his contemporaries).

I mean, he painted the Mona Lisa, and developed theories on hydraulics and gearing. He painted the Last Supper, and designed the first helicopter. His genius was only limited by the time he lived in. Most of his inventions and ideas would only be fully appreciated long after his death.

For more information on some of his inventions go check out: http://www.lib.stevens-tech.edu/coll...ons/index.html

For information on his art, go take an art history course. It's the best way to gain a true appreciation of his impact on his time.

Whenever I think of Da Vinci I'm amazed by the range of his talents. There has never been a more intellectually well rounded person in history. I have a huge respect for anyone with artistic talents as is, but when you combine that greatness with technical savy. Wow.

Da Vinci was simply awesome. One of my old school idols.

/End Karthik's history rant...

Re: New divisions at nats?
 

My vote is for (Charlotte) Bronte Field and (Franz) Kafka Field ;)

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Be carful baker, the youngins may not understand that one.....

seeing as i am a giant star wars geek, how about the Skywalker Field
or (and i am suprised no one said this yet)

The John V-Nuen field

or after he reads this and gets mad,

The Big Mike Memorial Field?

-Big Mike (hiding under my bed)

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The Ford Division

The Bell Division

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I can see it now....

STU: Well, Harry, here we are at the first FIRWP Championship event, and I gotta tell you, I'm really excited about some of the competition we've seen here today.

HARRY: You hit the nail on the head there, Stu. We have seen some great moves, and a lot of great competitors have gone home early.

STU: I just know you're talking about The Unintelligible Cartoons, a powerhouse team sponsored by The New Yorker Magazine. A team that you told me was going to take it all at this competition, a team that was brought down by a split infinitive over on Vonnegut field earlier today in a hard fought battle with the rookie Random House team, also based out of New York.

HARRY: I really didn't see that coming.

STU: You said it, Harry. But we have a lot more competition to get to this afternoon, to find the grand champion of the four remaining alliances.

HARRY: The champion alliances from the four divisions - Bronte, Vonnegut, Kafka, and Grafton - will battle it out here on Gutenberg field to determine the overall champion of the FIRWP (For inspiration and recognition of writing and philosphy) championship event.


... and so forth :)

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In Atlanta, I was having a similar conversation, discussing what would happen if FIRST went from 4 to 8 divisions. Assuming they turned Einstein into a divison, the three new fields we wanted to see were:

1. DaVinci
2. Edison
3. Copernicus

Honorable mentions were (4) Franklin, (5) Watt, (6) Kepler, and (7) Turing.

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Hmm.. if we have a DaVinci field we must also have Michelangleo, Raphael, and Leonardo fields...

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Personally I really don't think Edison or Newton really should be division field names. Edison was not that Graciously Professional and I have to do some more reseach but I think Newton may have been the same way. They were both fairly cut-throat and competed with a lot of people. Anway I noticed a theme with the fields.
Einstein-died in failure (failed in creating a unified theory)
Curie- died of radiation (not really failure but dying because of work)
Archemedies-killed by Roman soilder while doing math problem
Newton-really doesn't fit
Galilelo-died while in permament house arest because of his ideas
I want Tesla (created the whole basis for everyone's power grid yet not really known) and Da Vinci would be a good fit.

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Didn't you ever watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...It's Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo and Donatello not, DaVinci ;)

Allison

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Heisenberg Field - Though somehow we can't define where that one is.

Avogadro Field - He's already got a number so why not a field

Planck Field - Nanorobots, maybe in a couple years

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I'm surprised no one brought up the idea of a Goddard Field. Given sponsorship by NASA, they'd probably be all for the inventor of the liquid rocket.

Matt

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Wow! Lots of good ideas.

I'm partial to -

1 - Tesla - possibly the single greatest unsung hero (UFH?) in the history of man. Look him up if your not an EE. If you are and EE (or a geek like me!), you already know who he is!

2 - DaVinci - what a man WAY, WAY ahead of his time!

Actually, I don't care what they name the fields! I like the idea of adding two more divisions and allowing more teams to attend the national championships! Space doesn't seem to be an issue in Atlanta!

Have a day!

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Da Vinci definantly, the man did everything.

As for a second choice why not someone more simple, not a giant science guy but someone that was just skilled and still changed our world?

Wright?
Tesla?
That guy who invented the printing press?


No to Copernicus, he was a lucky fraud. All he did was start a bunch of controversy.

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I'd still have to insist on Faraday. Heck, we wouldn't have robots with electric motors if it weren't for him!

Pasted from this informative biography:

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Tesla actually did all that, but he was a weird duck. By did I mean he came up with concepts and made things, he didn't just theorize. (Keep in mind alot of people made papers, it's the ones who put them to use that get alot of recognition. exception: Einstein-his theories create entire fields of study, and are about to again. Gravity Probe B)