British polymath (Not a mathematics term) philosopher Herbert Spencer coined the phrase "survival of the fittest."
Excerpt about Spencer's insightfulness (VictorianWeb.org) :
Although one of the most influential figures in sociology and psychology, Spencer was overshadowed because of his somewhat controversial ideas. In fact, his theory of evolution actually preceded Charles Darwin's, when he wrote The Developmental Hypothesis in 1852, 7 years before Darwin's Origin Of Species! His theory was not taken into serious consideration largely because of a lack of an effective theoretical system for natural selection. Nevertheless, it was Spencer and not Darwin who first popularized the term "Evolution", and few people outside the field realize that the oft-used phrase "survival of the fittest" was actually coined by Spencer!
Today's Question:
Name the five events of the modern Olympic Pentathlon.
I do not know this but based on the quantity of events I think it refers to the jumping ones. Hence my guess is: pole vault, high jump, broad jump, lomg jump, and triple jump.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, November 13, 2011; http://praxeology.net; http://www.victorianweb.org/philosophy/spencer/spencer.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u56qq_C_hUw)
Compiled by Otto Ladensack and Patricia Ladensack
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