Physics after accelerators, the need for more athletic thinking, a call for more phenomenological thinking in physics, and a goofy phenomenological model for politics.
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- More things in heaven than earth § Unqualified Offerings
A vision of a post-accelerator world for fundamental physics.
- Fit for Physics – Dynamics of Cats
An argument that we need physics students to be more like football players.
- Backreaction: Questioning the Foundations
A call for more phenomenological thinking in physics.
- The Surprising Power of the New Hampshire Primary | Mother Jones
A goofy phenomenological model of presidential election vote share.
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It's a bit too phenomenological, and definitely too animal-centric, but who cares? David Attenborough's tree of life is very pretty and gets the gist of the story of life on earth across.
The "Physical Applications of Millisecond Pulsars" conference is under way at the Aspen Center for Physics, going through thursday when the X-Games take over.
Sketches and Paintings by Richard Feynman | Amusing Planet
"How to Survive from Tsunami" by Murata et al, is vol 32 of the Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering from World Scientific Books
Glad to see you back, Chad. On the Fit for Physics link, it's an interesting thought, and it's probably useful as a first day lecture in pretty much any class, but professors and the system itself suffer in comparison, as well. For example, the football coach is dedicated to the game in a way that the freshman physics professor is probably not - higher level classes and research are going to hold more interest for them. 100-odd football players at each school are selected specifically for their football aptitude, and put through what amounts to a boot camp, where they subject themselves to highly visible competition with their teammates (and eventually, their opponents), and become invested in their collective success over 4 years. How big is your physics department? Where's the corresponding motivation and reward system in physics? And then you have football players (not all, but many of them at many schools) compromising the other aspects of their education in favor of football.
just found your article on Entanglement. Naturally the printer just ran out of ink - after the last paragraph. The wait was worth it.