Spotted on Hollywood Boulevard:
Moonlighting Physicist?
(Click for detail.)
On a serious note… It is still scary to think that this might still be the most common sort of image of a scientist in many people’s minds… We’ve a lot of work to do.
Actually, it’s even better than I thought! There’s a whole collection called “The String Doll Gang”. Here are some of them (click for larger): Cute aren’t they? Yes, each apparently made of onecontinuouspieceofstring. More about them, and closeups (and prices) at this site. Now, being a responsible citizen … Click to continue reading this post
So, string theorists, the next time anyone asks you again whether scientists will ever be able to directly demonstrate that everything and everyone is made of string, show ’em this ! Yes, this (a surprise gift last week*) is a “Little Prince” doll, made of onecontinuouspieceofstring! -cvj (*Thanks Michelle!)
…And from serious protests of the previous post to humourous (fictional!) ones. Go check out the Worth1000 photoshop competition on the subject, linked here. Some of them are great! Here’s one I liked: Creator’s caption: “Don’t argue with him, the man’s a genius.” -cvj
“Yeah, this string theory stuff is nice and all, but what does it have to do with the price of eggs?”, is not one of the questions I’ve had to field at the end of a public lecture, but it could have been. If it had come up, I could … Click to continue reading this post
Can’t resist, in view of our earlier discussion: This was taken from Nick Anderson’s (Houston Chronicle’s Editorial Cartoonist) blog. Thanks, anon! -cvj
New Scientist has an article by Stephen Battersby on their top ten weirdest cosmology theories. My first thought, beore reading the article was that they were going to have a lot of fun with this, but they seem to be rather conservative about their definition of “weird”. This means that … Click to continue reading this post
You know, I’ve been calculating all day (and oooohhhh, what a calculation. I shall try to tell you about it sometime) and so when I did the previous post about that comic strip, and pointed to the site, I did not actually look through the site for more examples. Luckily, … Click to continue reading this post
From this comic strip: Spotted at Pharyngula. -cvj
It’s late here at the Physics Center, and there is a hugely violent thunder and lightning storm outside. Good time to work. While wandering the corridors in thought….. spotted this and photographed it for your viewing pleasure: I did not pose this or anything. It was just standing there just … Click to continue reading this post
