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Letters of Note: "He is a second Dirac, only this time human."
Robert Oppenheimer's letter of recommendation on the behalf of Richard Feynman.
The reason for telling you about him now is that his excellence is so well known, both at Princeton where he worked before he came here, and to ...
Physical Science
Richard Feynman
Catching up with blogs after Thanksgiving travel. I saw this on Chad's linked list. Zen Moments: My Favorite Liar
What made Dr. K memorable was a gimmick he employed that began with his introduction at the beginning of his first class:
“Now I know some of you have already heard ...
Physical Science
I had no idea that I could have let the proverbial cat out of the bag when I linked to different ways of lacing/tying your shoes. But it turns out that the CIA used lacing patterns as ways to send messages (slideshow). It's the visual part of Tinker, ...
Physical Science
xkcd: Physics for Entertainment
Physics for Entertainment was written by Yakov Perelman in the 1920’s (in Russian) and updated periodically through the 1930’s. There are actually two parts to it, but Volume 1 is long out-of-print (though findable online — more on that later). The book I have ...
Physical Science
Physics Professors are Such Liars 30 November, 2009 (07:30) | Cartoon , Humor , Physics Show Me Write a comment Name: E-mail: Website: Comment:
Physical Science
Rainbow trapped for the first time
In 2007, Ortwin Hess of the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK, and colleagues proposed a technique to trap light inside a tapering waveguide, which is a structure that guides light waves down its length. The waveguide in question would use metamaterials – ...
Physical Science
Just not the one you might think.
Climate change cover-up? You better believe it
There is, in fact, a climate conspiracy. It just happens to be one launched by the fossil fuel industry to obscure the truth about climate change and delay any action. And this release of emails right before the ...
Physical Science
Studying the science gender gap at the high school level
Although the study is preliminary, its primary result—girls are not enjoying their science classes—is not terribly surprising. The more important question to answer is why girls aren't as engaged as boys.
Physical Science
The Loom: The Origin of Big
Goldbogen and his colleagues found that big fin whales are not just scaled-up versions of little fin whales. Instead, as their bodies get bigger, their mouths get much bigger. Small fin whales can swallow up about 90% of their own body weight. Very big ...
Physical Science
No Moods, Ads or Cutesy $@#%ing Icons (Re-reloaded) (warning: contains adult language)
How science really works, in the context of the recent global-warming-hacking manufactured kerfuffle. I mean, really — are people really surprised that some scientists are bastards, and say mean things behind ...
Physical Science
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ]
"It should remain airborne until until gravity overtakes it" is an awkward way of explaining. Gravity is always there, so the acceleration is always toward the earth. That's why it slows down and eventually changes direction.
There is a ...
Physical Science
Uncertain Principles: Science Ahead of Its Time?
[T]his does not beg but rather demands the question: are there any examples of truly revolutionary ideas in science? That is, are there scientific theories that jump well ahead of what was "in the air" at the time of their creation, in such ...
