Oedipus explains the riddle of the Sphinx, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, c. 1805. Oedipus (US /Ëidáµ»pÉs/ or /ËÉdáµ»pÉs/ or UK /ËiËdáµ»pÉs/; Ancient Greek: Î¿á¼°Î´Î¯ÏÎ¿ÏÏ OidÃ­pous meaning swollen foot) was a mythical Greek king of Thebes.
The quantum computing technology developed by D-Wave gets ongoing scientific debate, but it's also getting money, $28 million last week, bringing its total funding to about $150 million. This Canadian company was started 15 years ago and is one of the most tenacious and longest-running tech start-ups around.
Max Planck, a German physicist, is considered to be the founder of quantum theory, and one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. Planck made many contributions to theoretical physics, but his fame rests primarily on his role as originator of the quantum theory.