Thomas Jefferson

Amerika'lılar bağımsızlık bildirgesinin ana yazarı olan Thomas Jefferson'a derin saygı duyarlar. Jefferson'un devlet adamlığı dışında tam bir nerd olduğunu öğrenince, nerd'lükle refah ve demokrasi arasında bir bağlantı var mıdır demeden edemiyor insan. A Day in The Life Of Thomas Jefferson:

After rising, Jefferson measured and recorded the temperature. Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Jefferson repeated the measurement, as he found "the hottest point of the 24 hours is about four o'clock... and the dawn of the day the coldest." He also recorded the direction and speed of the wind and the amount of precipitation.
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As in the rest of the house, the bedroom's furnishings illustrate many of Jefferson's ideas about the efficient use of time, space, and light, including prominently placed clocks, space-saving alcove beds, and light-maximizing mirrors.