Comments on: Roz Chast On Physics

By: home decorator

home decorator — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:14:52 +0000

I like the idea of artoons and physics. It makes things seem so much simpler. Maybe this could be the next “school aid” to help students learn. lol

By: Who ordered that particle? « Qulog 2.0

Who ordered that particle? « Qulog 2.0 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:37:11 +0000

[...] Who ordered that particle? 06Jul07 Somehow, my blogging inspiration has reached a low. Fortunately, I ran into this post at Asymptotia where Clifford shows two great cartoons by Roz Chast. The one below was used as the cover of Symmetry Magazine. See if you can spot the “slightly less than real” ones! (Click on it for a larger version.) [...]

By: Mary Cole

Mary Cole — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:11:24 +0000

I’m intrigued to know what the footnote says!

By: Clifford

Clifford — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:16:42 +0000

Mary Cole said:

The quarks kind of struck a chord with me as Iâ€™ve always imagined that they are rather cute but strange fluffy animals.

Yes. I remember that from about 20 years ago in fact! You may also be interested to know that my memory of that was partly inspiration for the humourous remark in the footnote on page 270 in my book “D-Branes”.

-cvj

By: Name That Particle! - Asymptotia

Name That Particle! - Asymptotia — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:04:20 +0000

[...] « Roz Chast On Physics [...]

By: David

David — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:37:32 +0000

If you’re interested in a copy of the magazine autographed by Roz Chast, you can enter the competition Symmetry is running.

By: edward hessler

edward hessler — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:18:16 +0000

Clifford: Thank you for posting this. I look forward to my mailbox. I sometimes wonder what she can’t do–draw, paint, cartoon, take a beveled look at the world and help us see it differently, laugh at it and ourselves.

Don’t stop here but see her recent compilation of her extraordinary work, “Theory of Everything” (2006, Bloomsbury Publishing). I share one titled Secrets of Adulthood. Anybody can change a light bulb. Soap and water will take the rust stains right out. One shampoo is about as good as another. 99.9% of people don’t understand tides. The word “cosine,” never, ever (underlined twice) comes up. Its O. K. to throw out a pencil whenever you feel like it.

She is a gift and so is Symmetry, beautifully designed and written, always interesting.

By: Yvette

Yvette — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:02:33 +0000

We have a crazy modern art statue in the main quad at CWRU that various student organizations have taken to chalking (ie decorating) in various ways. This all started, of course, with a ragamuffin group of valiant physics students who did a chalking that looked shockingly similar to the cover cartoon.

We had monopoles too though, as it seemed a pity to leave them out. They all took the shape of unicorns, bigfoots, and even a cockatrice.

By: Mary Cole

Mary Cole — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:20:24 +0000

Thanks for showing these great cartoons. I particularly like the ‘elusive Higgs Boson particle’! The quarks kind of struck a chord with me as I’ve always imagined that they are rather cute but strange fluffy animals. One day when I have the time (!), I will make a cuddly toy quark so I can really visualise my imaginary version.

By: astromcnaught

astromcnaught — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:18:54 +0000

Flerbs! brilliant.
I was wondering if the idea of ’slightly less than real’ applied to the real ones?