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OmCheeto
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This is kind of neat.
I watched the video by the student, and although it was very good, I still don't understand relativity.
There are a bunch of https://www.breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org/finalists#winner [Broken] by other students. I got 1/3 of the way through one of the other 4 finalist's video, and decided it was also over my head. Good god these kids are smart!
I thought that was very nice that the winning student got $250,000 for university, and his high school received a $100,000 lab, and one of his instructors received $50,000.
And the $3,000,000 won by some of the pros was probably appreciated, also.
"belief"?
pfft!
google: Brian May
Breakthrough Prizes Give Top Scientists the Rock Star Treatment [nytimes.com]
Nov 8, 2015
The richest awards in science were handed out Sunday night when the Breakthrough Prize organization presented a total of $21.9 million to physicists, mathematicians, life scientists and one talented high school student. The awards take the form of seven $3 million awards, one of which was split among roughly 1,300 physicists; $500,000 split among eight early-career researchers; and $400,000 to a high school student for creating a video communicating a scientific concept.
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I watched the video by the student, and although it was very good, I still don't understand relativity.
There are a bunch of https://www.breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org/finalists#winner [Broken] by other students. I got 1/3 of the way through one of the other 4 finalist's video, and decided it was also over my head. Good god these kids are smart!
I thought that was very nice that the winning student got $250,000 for university, and his high school received a $100,000 lab, and one of his instructors received $50,000.
And the $3,000,000 won by some of the pros was probably appreciated, also.
It all began when Mr. Milner announced in 2012 that he would hand out $3 million apiece to nine theoretical physicists, in the belief that physicists are equal to rock stars and deserve to be paid and celebrated like them. Over the years, as more sponsors have joined, the prizes have spread to life sciences and mathematics. The winners each year are chosen by a committee of previous winners.
"belief"?
pfft!
google: Brian May
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