http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/16/sex-and-physics/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/16/sex-and-physics/#comment-66123 A bit of Sex with your Higgs - Asymptotia Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:40:47 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/16/sex-and-physics/#comment-66123 [...] Well, having got some sex and murder into the Times Higher Education Supplement (impressively), Nick follows up by putting some into the magazine CERN Courier, with a hitherto “lost chapter” appearing there. You can read it by following this link. [...] [...] Well, having got some sex and murder into the Times Higher Education Supplement (impressively), Nick follows up by putting some into the magazine CERN Courier, with a hitherto “lost chapter” appearing there. You can read it by following this link. [...]

]]> http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/16/sex-and-physics/#comment-39611 JustAnotherInfidel Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:02:50 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/16/sex-and-physics/#comment-39611 Best all-time Feynman quote---"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.." Best all-time Feynman quote—”Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it..”

]]> http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/16/sex-and-physics/#comment-39574 Mary Cole Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:25:25 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/04/16/sex-and-physics/#comment-39574 'The Newtonian Legacy' was certainly an entertaining read! I am currently reading 'Please, Mr Einstein'. The description on the cover is that it is a novel to make you fall in love with Physics and Philosophy. I'm only half way through, but am finding it fascinating. Even in translation, it reads very well, and as a non-scientist, I'm finding it a very engaging way to become more familiar with Einstein's thinking. ‘The Newtonian Legacy’ was certainly an entertaining read! I am currently reading ‘Please, Mr Einstein’. The description on the cover is that it is a novel to make you fall in love with Physics and Philosophy. I’m only half way through, but am finding it fascinating. Even in translation, it reads very well, and as a non-scientist, I’m finding it a very engaging way to become more familiar with Einstein’s thinking.

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