Talk:Piet Hein (scientist)

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markets/marketed[edit]

Piet Hein is dead, so he no longer markets the products, but according to the website for his company the products are still being made and sold. I am not sure how to properly phrase it, but the wording in the article should be done to let people know that the products are still being made. [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 12:51, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Following Piet Hein's death, his son markets these products. 83.89.16.138 (talk) 00:14, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

pronunciation[edit]

I've always wondered how to pronounce his name. Maybe some Dane can help?

Not too difficult says my Danish wife... "Pete Hine"

name[edit]

I seem to remember that his full name was Piet Hein Hoebens; or am I thinking of someone else? —Tamfang 01:05, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to google, Hoebens is an investigator(exposer) of psychic detectives. Different people, I gather. --Quiddity 01:26, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hidden away[edit]

Why is this hidden away with Kumbel and Kumbel Kumbell redlinks? Gene Nygaard (talk) 14:42, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sofixit!@ this is a wiki... :P

Just leave an informative editsummary, if you want to ~~mock~~ educate us proles ! -- Quiddity (talk) 01:58, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neutralit/ambiguityy[edit]

"The Danes, however, understood its importance and soon it was found as graffiti all around the country. There was something worse than the loss of freedom: It was collaboration followed by liberation. And Denmark got the message." This seems biased and vague...i stumbled across this page and really have no idea who this guy is. I'd like a better explanation of this grook. "and denmark got the message" ? what does that even mean? 98.148.31.52 (talk) 08:21, 4 March 2010 (UTC)Hobz[reply]

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Under "Work"[edit]

Unless Piet Hein himself can be quoted by certified to have said "neutral" with implicating quotation marks, such political/ideological remarks should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.112.234.10 (talk) 14:59, 10 December 2012‎

Death date[edit]

German, Dutch and Russian WPs have him dying on 18 April, not 17 April. Anyone know for sure which date is correct? -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 21:41, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Direct decent[edit]

The Dutch Naval hero never had kids, so i doubt he is a direct decent of Piet Pietersz Heyn

See history of Piet Pieterzn Heyn (article in Dutch).

Scientist?[edit]

I know it's remarkably hard to categorize him, but "scientist" seems an odd choice. He has many achievements but none of those mentioned in the article are scientific. Mhkay (talk) 21:34, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

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* The article needs inline citations. Hemmingsen 08:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Substituted at 18:07, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Dubious material needs sources[edit]

The following passages need corroborating sources:

Hein, a direct descendant of Piet Pieterszoon Hein, the 17th century Dutch naval hero Another comment in this Talk page claims that the Dutch Piet Hein did not have children.
The Danes, however, understood its importance and soon it was found as graffiti all around the country. The deeper meaning of the grook was that even if you lose your freedom ("losing one glove"), do not lose your patriotism and self-respect by collaborating with the Nazis ("throwing away the other"), because that sense of having betrayed your country will be more painful when freedom has been found again someday. This "hidden meaning" is so well hidden that it may be "original research" -- someone's interpretation, not Piet's real intent.
Scandinavian architects, tired of square buildings but cognizant that circular buildings were impractical, asked Piet Hein for a solution. Applying his mathematical prowess to the problem, Piet Hein proposed to use the superellipse which became the hallmark of modern Scandinavian architecture. The superellipse article says that Piet submitted the shape to a contest for the design of a public square. The "tired of square buildings" part reads like original research.

--Jorge Stolfi (talk) 16:18, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]