The abc conjecture may well replace the Fermat theorem for the future generation of mathematicians.
The two men are playing a Boer sport called kennetjie, using a length of broomstick as the bat, on which is balanced a small piece of wood that serves as the 'ball'.
Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics.
In an earlier paper, however, I suggested—without, I confess, having noticed the Slavic forms—that ασβὀς is a very old word indeed, reflecting directly *azgṷ-o-, the thematization of *azgu-, a form of the Wanderwort for mole (cf. Greek σκάλοψ and (ἀ)σπάλαξ, Sanskrit ākhú- mole-like rat, and Hittite āšku- mole (?) ) that travels in concert with *tasku- badger and gets confused with it also in Galatian […] and Basque (azkoin badger ).
