Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Daniel Bernoulli

The life of Daniel Bernoulli is a depressing and appalling story of a man whose love for math lead to his own despise. His life was full of disappointments and hurt caused by the people who are supposed to support you most, your parents. He spent his entire life being confined to a world of confusion and frustration over a mathematical equation he could not discover the answer to. Daniel spent his life striving to be like Isaac Newton his role model, but failed to please his father. His father despised him because he did not want him to be a greater success than he was. Johann Bernoulli could not see past his self to realize that his son did not want to be better than him; he just wanted to make him proud. His father’s abuse and hatred toward Daniel was unnecessary. Johann inspired Daniel and destroyed him at the same time. But Daniel was able to overcome his rough circumstances and be the victor not the victim. Daniels equation lead to the discovery of the modern air plane. Daniel Bernoulli’s equation: P + p x ½ v^2 = CONSTANT