I have subscribed to it in Google Reader, too, although I do not have time
to read all the blogs I have subscribed to. Google Reader shows always 1000+
for the number of unread blog posts ( another interesting question, why
doesn't Google Reader give an exact number? They say it does not matter and
it is faster this way http://goo.gl/jqS9c )
-J.
----- Original Message -----
From: Russ Abbott
To: c...@plektyx.com ; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] cigars, grocers, a function of one complex variable....
It's a charming blog, written by a husband and wife (mainly the wife) pair
of young physicists. Sabine Hossenfelder is an Asst. Prof for High Energy
Physics at Nordita, Living in Stockholm, Sweden. Her husband, Stefan
Scherer, works in
Scientific Publishing/Public Outreach and is living in Heidelberg/Germany.
Apparently they have new twin girls. The stories are their Advent calendar.
Here is a "bonus" story from Advent #17.
Some twenty-five years ago, I met a colleague of mine emerging from the
office of Enrico Fermi. He told me that he had been discussing physics with
Fermi; and after a moment's pause asked, "Why am I doing physics? I should
probably be a grocer".
-- Russ Abbott
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On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Carl Tollander <c...@plektyx.com> wrote:
There are some sweet yet obscure physics anecdotes for some holidays at
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/ .
C.
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