DREAMS THAT CHANGED SOCIETY
Added on: 23rd Oct 2015
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Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity changed the world of physics – and
it came from a dream. Einstein dreamt he was sledding down a mountain,
ever increasing speed until he nearly reached the speed of light. He
noticed the stars looked different and this observation led him to the
mathematics by which he figured out the famous formula.
GOOGLE
Yes, even the idea for our biggest search engine came from dreams.
Founder Larry Page dreamt of Google, seeing that he & Sergey Brin
could make a business by “downloading the entire web onto computers”.
THE TWILIGHT VAMPIRE
Like it or hate it, twilight changed the way pop culture saw vampires.
Stephenie Meyer, author of the best-selling Twilight series, had the
idea for vampires come to her in a dream – specifically for the
human-vampire love relationships and where vampire skin sparkled
when in the sun but didn’t burn.
FRANKENSTEIN
What would the literary world be without Frankenstein? Author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley dreamt up the idea for Frankenstein
after Lord Byron (a fellow poet she was visiting) challenged his guests
to write a ghost story. She dreamt of the moment when the mad
scientist brought Frankenstein to life and, the following morning,
began writing the chilling tale.
YESTERDAY
Beyond having the most covers of any song in history, The Beatles song
Yesterday came to Paul McCartney while dreaming. He woke up with
the music in his head and wrote it out on the piano next to him.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION
Honest Abe dreamt of his own assassination just a few days before – how
freaky is that?! He dreamt he could hear sad wailing in the White House
and, in getting up and trying to find it, finally came upon a room with
mourners and his own corpse…(OK so you could argue that his
dream was not the cause of one of the most momentous events in
history, but it’s still a pretty freaky coincidence, don’t you think?)
SEWING MACHINE
The sewing machine was invented in 1845. Elias Howe had a dream
he was taken prisoner by men with spears ready to do him in.
Looking at their spears as they were nearly upon him, he noticed
a hole at the spears’ points. By the next day, this breakthrough led
him to develop the missing link in his sewing machine.
A WINNING GOLF SWING
Famous golfer Jack Nicklaus lost his groove in 1964, shooting games
easily in the 70’s. After seeing a problem with his holding of the
club in a dream, he corrected it the next day and his game
improved significantly.
MATHEMATICAL GENIUS
Well-known among mathematicians, Indian Srinivasa Ramanujan is said
to have published over 3,000 theorems. He claimed Hindu goddess
Namagiri would appear in his dreams and tell him new formulas.
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