I have a cold and need to gargle. I put a tsp of table salt into a waterglass, add warm water and stir. I immediate hear the ting-tang pitch of the spoon-hitting-glass slowly lowering as I stir. The solution is now cloudy. As I continue to stir the pitch now rises back to its beginning point...
Notes on Nobel Conference - Part 3
A - Yes, called inequities string theories. Not sure why they're there or what they're good for. Not the only place in physics where two time dimensions exist.
Q - If Einstein were alive what would he say.
Levenson - he'd say math is above him, would have...
Notes on Nobel Conference - Part 2
Day One late afternoon:
Speaker Three: Kip Thorne - Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Caltech’s Kip Thorne is one of the world’s foremost experts on the consequences of Einstein’s theory of...
Notes on Nobel Conference - Part 1
I took notes on the presentations made during the Nobel Conference. They can be found below.
41st Nobel Conference Sept 27 & 28, 2005
Gustavus Adolphus, St. Peter
The Legacy of Einstein
Speakers:
Wolfgang Ketterle
Thomas Levenson
Kip Thorne...
Nobel Conference
ZapperZ,
No special invitation, just one of the crowd of attendees submitting questions on 3 X 5 cards. But I've been lucky enough to have one or two asked by a moderator in the past. I do usually take extensive notes at these conferences, so I'll consider posting them...
I'm heading to this year's Nobel Conference in Minnesota. The topic is the Legacy of Einstein and the panels will consist of scientists in the areas of statistical physics, relativity, cosmology, and unified theories, who will discuss current work in the areas of Einstein's greatest...