Comments on: Today’s celebrations around the world http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/ Talk Like A Physicist Day : March 14, 2011 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:51:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: n-Dimensional » Blog Archive » Dia de falar como um Físico: Balanço Geral http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4274 n-Dimensional » Blog Archive » Dia de falar como um Físico: Balanço Geral Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:53:55 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/#comment-4274 [...] Para informações sobre a comemoração na Blogosfera de Lingua Inglesa, clique aqui. [...] [...] Para informações sobre a comemoração na Blogosfera de Lingua Inglesa, clique aqui. [...]

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]]> By: Neil B. http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Neil B. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:31:11 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/#comment-151 One cool way to talk like a physicist is to never refer directly to "zero" or "one." Instead, refer say the quantity is vanishingly small, or vanishes, and say "unity" instead of "one." If you run a red light today (or go to court over it today), beware of trying the apocryphal (?) tack of claiming that Doppler blue shift made the red light look green (or yellow.) Supposedly the physicist who posed that excuse some years ago faced a scientifically literate judge, to his dismay. The judge calculated that the driver had to be going around 100,000,000 mph, and fined him accordingly! It’s not always wise or clever to talk like a physicist, even if you are one. (Does anyone remember when/where they head that one?) One cool way to talk like a physicist is to never refer directly to “zero” or “one.” Instead, refer say the quantity is vanishingly small, or vanishes, and say “unity” instead of “one.”

If you run a red light today (or go to court over it today), beware of trying the apocryphal (?) tack of claiming that Doppler blue shift made the red light look green (or yellow.) Supposedly the physicist who posed that excuse some years ago faced a scientifically literate judge, to his dismay. The judge calculated that the driver had to be going around 100,000,000 mph, and fined him accordingly! It’s not always wise or clever to talk like a physicist, even if you are one.
(Does anyone remember when/where they head that one?)

]]> By: Sean http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Sean Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:05:16 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/#comment-150 Don't forget SLAC today: http://today.slac.stanford.edu/ Don’t forget SLAC today:

http://today.slac.stanford.edu/

]]> By: DNA Girl http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-147 DNA Girl Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:12:08 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/#comment-147 Here's a biochemist's contribution: DNA.? A base 'n' sugar, phosphate ?do create? sweet and spicy flavored ?all-color'd? biology chemistry pie... (3.141592653589793) Here’s a biochemist’s contribution:

DNA.?
A base ‘n’ sugar, phosphate
?do create?
sweet and spicy flavored
?all-color’d?
biology chemistry pie…

(3.141592653589793)

]]> By: Jane Thorne-Gutierrez http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Jane Thorne-Gutierrez Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:28:24 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/#comment-141 talk like a physicist, but don't dress like one...there is fashion police mafia out there and they are first on the list. talk like a physicist, but don’t dress like one…there is fashion police mafia out there and they are first on the list.

]]> By: beautyredefined http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-139 beautyredefined Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:31:44 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/#comment-139 While visual images recording my celebration of Talk Like a Physicist Day are unavailable, I have written an abstract of the day over on <a href="http://proxc.net/2008/03/14/the-data-clearly-indicate/" rel="nofollow">my blog.</a> While visual images recording my celebration of Talk Like a Physicist Day are unavailable, I have written an abstract of the day over on my blog.

]]> By: Bruno Mota http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Bruno Mota Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:45:18 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/todays-celebrations-around-the-world/#comment-138 Well, I wrote a <a href="http://ml42.blogspot.com/2008/03/laboratrio-de-neuroanatomia-comparada.html" rel="nofollow">celebratory post</a>. I'm working on a comparative neuroanatomy lab now; there isn't enough of a critical mass of physicists around here to get a proper celebration going ;^). Well, I wrote a celebratory post. I’m working on a comparative neuroanatomy lab now; there isn’t enough of a critical mass of physicists around here to get a proper celebration going ;^).

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