by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 31, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
On May 23, 2015, John Nash and his wife were killed while riding in a taxi on the New Jersey Turnpike. The driver hit a guardrail and another car, and the Nashes, who were not wearing seatbelts, were thrown from the taxi. John Nash was 86 and Alicia Nash was 83. Nash...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 17, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Fausto Coppi was the best international cyclist in the years before and after World War II because he was the best climber, time trialer and sprinter. He won the Giro d’Italia five times (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 and 1952),...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 3, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Diana and I just returned from a riverboat/cycling trip with almost 400 other bicyclists from Memphis to New Orleans. We visited the National Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) Museum in Carville, Louisiana and learned about Dr. Gerhard Hansen, a Norwegian physician who...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 19, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ranks with Cezanne, van Gogh, Monet and Gauguin as one of the best painters of the late 19th century. Throughout his career, which spanned fewer than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created 737 surviving canvases, 275 watercolors, 363 prints and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 12, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Paula Radcliffe holds the world’s record in the women’s marathon, has won the world championships in the marathon, half marathon and cross country, has won the European championship of 10,000 meters and cross country and the Commonwealth Games in the 5000...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 5, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Dmitri Mendeleev developed the Periodic Table that organized all of the chemical elements known at that time and many that were not yet known. He placed them in their correct order by their number of atoms (not their weight) and predicted elements that would be...
