I forgot to mention that I saw some skywriting two days ago over Los Angeles that I took to be – of course – a celebration of the Compton effect. You know, when a photon scatters off a charged particle and loses energy? That. It’s so good to see physics being celebrated so exuberantly in the public sphere**.
-cvj
**My wife, who I was with at the time, suggested to me that it was to do with someone called Dr. Dre, but I’m pretty sure that it was Dr. Compton who discovered that phenomenon, so I gently explained the discovery to her.
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You’ll be first in line for this blockbuster no doubt ????! I’m pretty sure there’s some physics involved. And hey Dre does have a USC connection now so we should all support, right?
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Compton Delight http://t.co/JN8LFqBnay #astronomy
Perhaps Mr Dre obtained his doctorate studying Compton effects.
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“You know, when a photon scatters off a charged particle and loses energy?” Sure, I knew that. I saw an ad for the movie, Straight Out of Compton, so, of course, I would have thought it had something to do with that!
Hahaha Clifford this made me laugh so hard!
This is hilarious. Going to have to repost.
Hence the album title, I presume….
Ah yes, born in Compton.
Er, yes. 🙂 Might wanna Google the good doctor I mentioned in the footnote…
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Inverse Compton scattering, yes.
Wiki: “In 1867, Griffith Dickenson Compton led a group of thirty pioneers to the area…”
Anyway, isn’t there a part of LA called Compton? Whom or what is that named after?
Dr Dre is short for Dr Dre-iner….
photons can also up-scatter off of charged particles, no?
Compton Delight http://t.co/l4Sn5aA4Gl via @Asymptotia
love this: ” so good to see physics being celebrated so exuberantly in the public sphere”