350-Year-Old Newton's Puzzle Solved By 16-Year-Old

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday May 27, 2012 @01:31AM from the top-of-the-class dept.

First time accepted submitter johnsnails writes "A German 16-year-old, Shouryya Ray, solved two fundamental particle dynamic theories posed by Sir Isaac Newton, which until recently required the use of powerful computers. He worked out how to calculate exactly the path of a projectile under gravity and subject to air resistance. Shouryya solved the problem while working on a school project. From the article: 'Mr Ray won a research award for his efforts and has been labeled a genius by the German media, but he put it down to "curiosity and schoolboy naivety." "When it was explained to us that the problems had no solutions, I thought to myself, 'well, there's no harm in trying,'" he said.'"

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Re:That Moment by mwvdlee · 2012-05-27 01:54 · Score: 5, Funny

The rest of your life will, unfortunately, now no longer live up to something you accomplished when you were 16.
Imagine the freedom of no longer having to live up to anybody's expectations. ;)

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Re:terrible article by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2012-05-27 02:15 · Score: 1, Funny

The answer was 42 . . . now what was the question?

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Re:Flash journalism by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-27 03:01 · Score: 2, Funny

Agreed. I wish we could go back to the good old days of HTML + JavaScript journalism.
Re:That Moment by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-27 05:12 · Score: 5, Funny

I just wanted to say that I LOVE Coq.