Piet Hein

Thinkers1905 to 1996Poet and designer

Works

  • A Psychological Tip, Grooks (MIT Press), 1966

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Known for

A Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, and poet who wrote thousands of short verses he called grooks, beginning in the newspaper Politiken in 1940 under the German occupation. A Psychological Tip advises tossing a coin when you cannot decide, because while it is in the air you find out which side you are hoping for.

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