Comments on: Those Fun Paper Titles http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Emily http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-32791 Emily Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:25:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-32791 Boy, am I coming late into the party! I'm happy to at least contribute one bit of funniness, even if few people get to read it... Here's a paper that has a hiiiiilarious title, supposedly completely unintentional: <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1980A%26A....87L..10A&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=45ae9a530525837" rel="nofollow">A correlation between the lengths of bars and the sizes of bulges</a> :-P Boy, am I coming late into the party! I’m happy to at least contribute one bit of funniness, even if few people get to read it…

Here’s a paper that has a hiiiiilarious title, supposedly completely unintentional:

A correlation between the lengths of bars and the sizes of bulges

:-P

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28666 Clifford Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:47:09 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28666 One of these days I'll get around to working on a "bag model" of quark confinement... maybe come up with a new such model....then I can use the title <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa's_Got_a_Brand_New_Bag" rel="nofollow">"Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"</a>.... -cvj One of these days I’ll get around to working on a “bag model” of quark confinement… maybe come up with a new such model….then I can use the title “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag”….

-cvj

]]> By: Malte http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28665 Malte Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:41:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28665 My first first-author paper was called <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1993MNRAS.262..689C" rel="nofollow">Cold bright matter near supernova 1987A</a>. It was a nice idea, but I still kind of wince when I think about it. My first first-author paper was called Cold bright matter near supernova 1987A. It was a nice idea, but I still kind of wince when I think about it.

]]> By: stevem http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28154 stevem Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:46:53 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28154 The preprint am really hoping to see is: "If Dark Matter is Absorbed by a Black Hole Would Anyone Notice?" The preprint am really hoping to see is:
“If Dark Matter is Absorbed by a Black Hole Would Anyone Notice?”

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28002 Mary Cole Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:31:38 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-28002 'Who cares if you listen?' can be found at hhtp://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html Babbitt started life as a mathematician before he switched to composition and music theory.In this article, Babbitt considers the role of the academic in society as well as purely musical issues. ‘Who cares if you listen?’ can be found at hhtp://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html
Babbitt started life as a mathematician before he switched to composition and music theory.In this article, Babbitt considers the role of the academic in society as well as purely musical issues.

]]> By: mis 3 quarks » Breves: 14/02/07 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27990 mis 3 quarks » Breves: 14/02/07 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:05:07 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27990 [...] Would Bohr be born if Bohm were born before Born? (en inglés)What!?… Este y otros extraños títulos de papers científicos. [...] [...] Would Bohr be born if Bohm were born before Born? (en inglés)What!?… Este y otros extraños títulos de papers científicos. [...]

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27977 Amara Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:55:11 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27977 Clifford: I don't know. I just found it today! Clifford: I don’t know. I just found it today!

]]> By: Thomas http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27965 Thomas Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:14:39 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27965 This inspired me to attempt a humor post on my own blog. (Why do theorists have such quirky humor?) This inspired me to attempt a humor post on my own blog. (Why do theorists have such quirky humor?)

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27945 Clifford Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:27:35 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27945 That's good to know about, generally. How long has that been running? -cvj That’s good to know about, generally. How long has that been running?

-cvj

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27943 Amara Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:21:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27943 You can <a href="http://www.arxiv1.org/about.php" rel="nofollow">discuss these papers</a> at a forum designed to discuss ArXiv papers, did you know? Just put a "1" after the arxiv title. (To participate in the forum, you must register.) You can discuss these papers at a forum designed to discuss ArXiv papers, did you know? Just put a “1″ after the arxiv title. (To participate in the forum, you must register.)

]]> By: pedant http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27916 pedant Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:06:56 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27916 Bethe was indeed a prankster when it came to papers etc. His contribution to Die Naturwissenchaften, Vol. 19, 39-40 (1931) is a p*ss take from beginning to end; the editor ticked him and his co-authors off in regal style in the next issue. More recently, a paper appeared in Journal of Statistical Physics from the pen of one (Italian speakers avert their gazes now) Stronzo Bestiale, and two prominent AMerican physicists. (and no, it wasn't about strings). The Editor's shame and rage, to which he gave vent in the enxt issue, were only too evident. Bethe was indeed a prankster when it came to papers etc. His contribution to Die Naturwissenchaften, Vol. 19, 39-40 (1931) is a p*ss take from beginning to end; the editor ticked him and his co-authors off in regal style in the next issue. More recently, a paper appeared in Journal of Statistical Physics from the pen of one (Italian speakers avert their gazes now) Stronzo Bestiale, and two prominent AMerican physicists. (and no, it wasn’t about strings). The Editor’s shame and rage, to which he gave vent in the enxt issue, were only too evident.

]]> By: IrrationalPoint http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27912 IrrationalPoint Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:26:51 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27912 LOL! --IP LOL!

–IP

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27902 Clifford Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:44:11 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27902 Ok, it's possible you don't know how to use SPIRES, so I'll say...The paper would be by Tom, Dick, and Harry, you see. That would be a blast! -cvj P.S. Not as sophisticated as the classic Alpher, Bethe, and Gamov paper, of course, but sophistication can be overrated. :-) Ok, it’s possible you don’t know how to use SPIRES, so I’ll say…The paper would be by Tom, Dick, and Harry, you see. That would be a blast!

-cvj

P.S. Not as sophisticated as the classic Alpher, Bethe, and Gamov paper, of course, but sophistication can be overrated. :-)

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27899 Clifford Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:35:29 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27899 No, No... look at the combination of their <em>first names</em>..... that's where the joke is... -cvj No, No… look at the combination of their first names….. that’s where the joke is…

-cvj

]]> By: IrrationalPoint http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27897 IrrationalPoint Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:33:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27897 I think they're great names -- would love to have a fun name like that. --IP I think they’re great names — would love to have a fun name like that.

–IP

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27894 Clifford Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:23:05 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27894 Bee! That list is rather good! Although a lot of them are just going for the silliness factor, which is sort of a different goal... Thanks! Yajnavalkya: Quite a list! Yes, I've noticed that John McGreevy is quite a fan of the fun title, and is clearly good at getting his collaborators to join in the fun... Graduate Student:- Yes, Nick and Iosef are very very pleased with that title! IP:- Ah, the names. Some can be fun, yes, but I generally stay away from names of people so as not to offend - it's a very international climate we are in. What I'd like to see is some amusing <em>combinations</em> of names. I'd give a lot to see a paper by Banks, Easther, and Svendson, for example. You can use <a href="http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/hep/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">SPIRES</a> to figure out why that would be an excellent authorship. -cvj Bee! That list is rather good! Although a lot of them are just going for the silliness factor, which is sort of a different goal… Thanks!

Yajnavalkya: Quite a list! Yes, I’ve noticed that John McGreevy is quite a fan of the fun title, and is clearly good at getting his collaborators to join in the fun…

Graduate Student:- Yes, Nick and Iosef are very very pleased with that title!

IP:- Ah, the names. Some can be fun, yes, but I generally stay away from names of people so as not to offend - it’s a very international climate we are in. What I’d like to see is some amusing combinations of names. I’d give a lot to see a paper by Banks, Easther, and Svendson, for example. You can use SPIRES to figure out why that would be an excellent authorship.

-cvj

]]> By: Bee http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27886 Bee Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:40:42 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27886 And don't miss <a href="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2006/07/stupid-title-list.html" rel="nofollow">The Stupid Title List</a> And don’t miss

The Stupid Title List

]]> By: Yajnavalkya http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27870 Yajnavalkya Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:41:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27870 Here're some of my favourites: <b>The Tachyon at the end of the universe.</b> John McGreevy, Eva Silverstein (SLAC & Stanford U., Phys. Dept.) . SU-ITP-05-22, Published in JHEP 0508:090,2005. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0506130 <b>Things fall apart: Topology change from winding tachyons.</b> A. Adams (Jefferson Lab) , X. Liu, J. McGreevy, A. Saltman, Eva Silverstein (SLAC & Published in JHEP 0510:033,2005. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0502021 <b> Strings from tachyons: The c=1 matrix reloaded.</b> John McGreevy, Herman L. Verlinde Published in JHEP 0312:054,2003. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0304224 <b> Decapitating tadpoles.</b> Allan Adams (Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & SLAC) , John McGreevy (Stanford U., Phys. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0209226 <b>Invasion of the giant gravitons from Anti-de Sitter space.</b> John McGreevy, Leonard Susskind, Nicolaos Toumbas (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.) . Published in JHEP 0006:008,2000. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0003075 Then of course, a bit offtopic, but there are some <a href="http://www-spires.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/spiface/find/hep/www?rawcmd=fin+a+w+gall&FORMAT=WWW&SEQUENCE=" rel="nofollow">spoof papers, I just love reading these ones again and again at <a href="http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/plan.html" rel="nofollow">Siegel's home page</a> under the <i>Physics parodies</i> section. Here’re some of my favourites:

The Tachyon at the end of the universe.
John McGreevy, Eva Silverstein (SLAC & Stanford U., Phys. Dept.) . SU-ITP-05-22, Published in JHEP 0508:090,2005.
e-Print Archive: hep-th/0506130
Things fall apart: Topology change from winding tachyons.
A. Adams (Jefferson Lab) , X. Liu, J. McGreevy, A. Saltman, Eva Silverstein (SLAC &
Published in JHEP 0510:033,2005.
e-Print Archive: hep-th/0502021
Strings from tachyons: The c=1 matrix reloaded.
John McGreevy, Herman L. Verlinde
Published in JHEP 0312:054,2003.
e-Print Archive: hep-th/0304224
Decapitating tadpoles.
Allan Adams (Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & SLAC) , John McGreevy (Stanford U., Phys. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0209226
Invasion of the giant gravitons from Anti-de Sitter space.
John McGreevy, Leonard Susskind, Nicolaos Toumbas (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.) .
Published in JHEP 0006:008,2000.
e-Print Archive: hep-th/0003075

Then of course, a bit offtopic, but there are some spoof papers, I just love reading these ones again and again at Siegel’s home page under the Physics parodies section.

]]> By: IrrationalPoint http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27866 IrrationalPoint Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:17:57 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27866 Hehe, loved those. I do sometimes get some childish amusement from reading the titles and abstracts of HEP papers because of the jargon (childish because I know I don't know what the jargon means, and I'm just working on what the word means in "normal" speech), although I can't bring any examples to mind just now. Also find that physicists, not just their papers, sometimes have fun names...eg, Dwork, Picard, Fuchs, etc. Cheers, IP Hehe, loved those. I do sometimes get some childish amusement from reading the titles and abstracts of HEP papers because of the jargon (childish because I know I don’t know what the jargon means, and I’m just working on what the word means in “normal” speech), although I can’t bring any examples to mind just now. Also find that physicists, not just their papers, sometimes have fun names…eg, Dwork, Picard, Fuchs, etc.

Cheers,
IP

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27862 Clifford Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:22:04 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27862 Interesting.... What was concluded in the paper? Who was identified as caring? Cheers, -cvj Interesting…. What was concluded in the paper? Who was identified as caring?

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27860 Mary Cole Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:59:43 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27860 My daughter came out with a rather amazing statement the other day - 'Maybe Daddy's an Alien'! I can't remember what prompted this comment, but it caused us great amusement and we thought at the time that this would make a great title for a short story. As far as academic publications are concerned, although it contains no pun, one of the most memorable titles I have come across is 'Who cares if you listen?' by Milton Babbitt. Interestingly, it wasn't Babbitt's own title, but the publication caused quite a stir at the time (1958), partly I think because of the provocative title. It's still worth a read today as it looks at the relationship between composer and society. My daughter came out with a rather amazing statement the other day - ‘Maybe Daddy’s an Alien’! I can’t remember what prompted this comment, but it caused us great amusement and we thought at the time that this would make a great title for a short story. As far as academic publications are concerned, although it contains no pun, one of the most memorable titles I have come across is ‘Who cares if you listen?’ by Milton Babbitt. Interestingly, it wasn’t Babbitt’s own title, but the publication caused quite a stir at the time (1958), partly I think because of the provocative title. It’s still worth a read today as it looks at the relationship between composer and society.

]]> By: Graduate Student http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27858 Graduate Student Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:34:08 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27858 Here are some of my favourites "Beauty and the Twist: The Bethe Ansatz for Twisted N=4 SYM" N. Beisert, R. Roiban hep-th/0505187 "The taming of the alpha-vacuum" Hael Collins hep-th/0410228 "One Ring to Rule Them All ... and in the Darkness Bind Them?" Iosif Bena, Nicholas P. Warner hep-th/0408106 "Black Saturn" Henriette Elvang, Pau Figueras hep-th/0701035 Here are some of my favourites

“Beauty and the Twist: The Bethe Ansatz for Twisted N=4 SYM”
N. Beisert, R. Roiban
hep-th/0505187

“The taming of the alpha-vacuum”
Hael Collins
hep-th/0410228

“One Ring to Rule Them All … and in the Darkness Bind Them?”
Iosif Bena, Nicholas P. Warner
hep-th/0408106

“Black Saturn”
Henriette Elvang, Pau Figueras
hep-th/0701035

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27845 Clifford Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:04:26 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27845 I think some of us were very "punned-out" already, starting with Joe's series of lectures. Long before D-brane based puns began to spread around the world, we had already seen too many of them. One of my favourites from a few months beyond that time was Atish Dabholkhar (I think) wanting to call a half-D-brane (it was stuck at a singularity and had half the allowed charge) a "moron". That works so well on a number of levels (think... in field theory "meron" = half instanton, etc....). Oh, those were the days..... -cvj I think some of us were very “punned-out” already, starting with Joe’s series of lectures. Long before D-brane based puns began to spread around the world, we had already seen too many of them. One of my favourites from a few months beyond that time was Atish Dabholkhar (I think) wanting to call a half-D-brane (it was stuck at a singularity and had half the allowed charge) a “moron”. That works so well on a number of levels (think… in field theory “meron” = half instanton, etc….).

Oh, those were the days…..

-cvj

]]> By: Moshe http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27837 Moshe Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:54:24 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/02/12/those-fun-paper-titles/#comment-27837 I remember that abstract starting with "This is a series of remedial lectures on open and unoriented strings for the heterotic string generation", and ending with the promise "There will be no puns". Why not? I remember that abstract starting with “This is a series of remedial lectures on open and unoriented strings for the heterotic string generation”, and ending with the promise “There will be no puns”. Why not?

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