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cigars, grocers, a function of one complex variable....

Carl Tollander
There are some sweet yet obscure physics anecdotes for some holidays at
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/ .

C.


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Russ Abbott
It's a charming blog, written by a husband and wife (mainly the wife) pair of young physicists. Sabine Hossenfelder is an Asst. Prof  for High Energy Physics at NorditaLiving in Stockholm, Sweden. Her husband,  Stefan Scherer, works in 
Scientific Publishing/Public Outreach and is living in Heidelberg/Germany.  Apparently they have new twin girls. The stories are their Advent calendar. Here is a "bonus" story from Advent #17.
Some twenty-five years ago, I met a colleague of mine emerging from the office of Enrico Fermi. He told me that he had been discussing physics with Fermi; and after a moment's pause asked, "Why am I doing physics? I should probably be a grocer".
 
-- Russ Abbott
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  California State University, Los Angeles

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On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Carl Tollander <[hidden email]> wrote:
There are some sweet yet obscure physics anecdotes for some holidays at http://backreaction.blogspot.com/ .

C.


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Jochen Fromm-5
I have subscribed to it in Google Reader, too, although I do not have time
to read all the blogs I have subscribed to. Google Reader shows always 1000+
for the number of unread blog posts ( another interesting question, why
doesn't Google Reader give an exact number? They say it does not matter and
it is faster this way http://goo.gl/jqS9c )

-J.

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It's a charming blog, written by a husband and wife (mainly the wife) pair
of young physicists. Sabine Hossenfelder is an Asst. Prof  for High Energy
Physics at Nordita, Living in Stockholm, Sweden. Her husband,  Stefan
Scherer, works in
Scientific Publishing/Public Outreach and is living in Heidelberg/Germany.
Apparently they have new twin girls. The stories are their Advent calendar.
Here is a "bonus" story from Advent #17.
Some twenty-five years ago, I met a colleague of mine emerging from the
office of Enrico Fermi. He told me that he had been discussing physics with
Fermi; and after a moment's pause asked, "Why am I doing physics? I should
probably be a grocer".

-- Russ Abbott
_____________________________________________
  Professor, Computer Science
  California State University, Los Angeles

  Google voice: 747-999-5105
  Google+: https://plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/
  vita:  http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/
_____________________________________________





On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Carl Tollander <[hidden email]> wrote:

There are some sweet yet obscure physics anecdotes for some holidays at
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/ .

C.


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