July 2012
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“I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and...”
– Isidor Isaac Rabi, Nobel Prize winning physicist recognised for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance.
Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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“At the interior of our cells, driving them, providing the oxidative energy that...”
– Spare a thought for the mitochondria.  From The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas.
Jul 7th
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Jul 6th
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Jul 6th
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Jul 6th
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Jul 5th
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Jul 4th
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One last thing about that particle..
Jul 4th
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Jul 3rd
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The Boson: A poem by Henry Gee The Boson is so very small You cannot make it out at all, Though physicists have money on Its presence in the Tevatron. Notwithstanding the concern Of colleagues beavering at CERN All hoping that it might emerge Triumphant from a mighty splurge Of hadrons which, when they collide Reveal their secrets, locked inside. Why all this fuss, I say? Alas! Without it we can...
Jul 3rd
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