The next time you zoom into the clouds en route to St Tropez on your G-V, give a care for Swiss mathematican Johann Bernouilli (1700 - 1782).
He figured out how a ginormous 747 weighing tonnes and tonnes can take flight and not burn a hole in the ground.
Johann and his brother, Jakob, had a bitter falling out over the isoperimetric problem.
Johann wrote his brother saying he’d solved the problem, but did not provide the solution. Jakob said he could not only correct his brother’s errors, but find the answer on his own. Money was wagered.
Cheeky monkeys.
The two clashed across much of their lives, but the isoperimetric problem was the end of their relationship.
Big brains alright, but your flight is still cancelled and God only knows where your luggage might be.
I know where my luggage was...an extra week in Madrid while I spent time on the Sun Coast...