On the one hand, I think it is good that physics is getting all this publicity. On the other hand I think the scientific significance of this discovery is being blown out of proportion, driven by the large budgets involved....
Monday, August 13, 2012
The Higgs boson enters cocktail party chit-chat
On the one hand, I think it is good that physics is getting all this publicity. On the other hand I think the scientific significance of this discovery is being blown out of proportion, driven by the large budgets involved....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Emergence and quantum theories of gravity
Einstein’s theory of General Relativity successfully describes gravity and large scales of length and mass. In contrast, quantum theory desc...
-
Is it something to do with breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation? In molecular spectroscopy you occasionally hear this term thro... -
I welcome discussion on this point. I don't think it is as sensitive or as important a topic as the author order on papers. With rega...
-
Nitrogen fluoride (NF) seems like a very simple molecule and you would think it would very well understood, particularly as it is small enou...
Possessing even a scant amount of knowledge about quantum mechanics makes you an instant expert since you know far more about it than most people ever will.
ReplyDelete