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My other hint was going to be: "he got first prize"

That is, Roentgen was the recipient of the first Nobel prize in Physics.
 
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Evo? Have you recovered from all of your wild birthday celebrations? :biggrin:
 
oh my golly gosh have i missed a birthday? you are only as old as
you look anyway EVO, what 21 today?
 
wolram said:
oh my golly gosh have i missed a birthday? you are only as old as
you look anyway EVO, what 21 today?
Wolram, I love you. :smile:
 
See, Sis! Birthdays are GOOD! :biggrin:
 
Chi Meson said:
Although "photograph" is a technically correct answer, as I tell my students, you did not read my mind, therefore you are wrong!
I just figured out what this bizarre utterance meant.
 
zoobyshoe said:
I just figured out what this bizarre utterance meant.
Don't feel bad zoob, I had a typo on 93.999999=1 ( I meant 93.999999=94). Integral pointed out my mistake, in a way apparently much too vague for this old brain, and I didn't figure out what I had typed wrong until the next morning. :redface:

BTW, how many of these precious FREE kittens that a stray cat just had at my house should I send you? :biggrin:
 
A what was it revival?

This made quite a splash in 1979.
 
Uh oh! That was a bad clue.

...and those down under would know!
 
Ivan Seeking said:
This made quite a splash in 1979.
What was Skylab 1 ?
 
Yerrrrrrr it! :biggrin:

On July 11, 1979, Skylab impacted the Earth surface. The debris dispersion area stretched from the Southeastern Indian Ocean across a sparsely populated section of Western Australia.
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/skylab-operations.htm
 
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A slight deviation from the beaten path, if I may ...

What is this ?
 

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Gokul43201 said:
A slight deviation from the beaten path, if I may ...

What is this ?

:smile: I looked before you posted the attachment and was really stumped! I was hoping that you weren't done yet. :biggrin:
 
A nano-swimmingpool?
 
Gokul43201 said:
What is this ?
False-colour image of a shark waiting for a skydiver?


I dunno. Looks like stuff that I've seen from an atomic-force microscope, but no idea what it's a picture of.
 
Danger said:
Looks like stuff that I've seen from an atomic-force microscope, but no idea what it's a picture of.
Close enough (so was Zoob) ! And the sharks may appear in future samples.

This is an STM image of what is called a quantum corral (corral -> reef -> shark, etc.) The cyan peaks are Fe atoms deposited one at a time (using an STM tip) over a Cu matrix !

Courtesy : IBM Almaden, STM Group

More amazing pictures and descriptions at :
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/corral.html
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html
 
That's amazing! I was going to venture a guess but now I'm glad I didn't. :biggrin:

Zooby, Danger, next? Or Gokul could try another one...
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Or Gokul could try another one...
4*10^19 variations

I know it's not much of a clue, but I don't expect anyone here to have trouble getting it.
 
Chi Meson said:
The game of "go"?
Noooope... but the math is probably close.
 
The game of chess, then?

The game of Life?

Poker?

Wait, maybe it's not a game?
 
21! is close (5*10^19) but not close enough...anyway, I don't know anything that comes in 21 sizes/flavors/colors/etc.
 
Nereid said:
Human DNA?
Ooh nice guess ! Also, aren't there like only 20-odd different amino acids ? ...but protein lengths aren't limited, are they ?
 
Chi Meson said:
Wait, maybe it's not a game?
Sort of...

Sorry I didn't respond until now; I've been asleep. Now I'm going to work, so you're on your own for a few hours.

hint: educational aid
 
Danger said:
educational aid
Wild guess based on this clue: The periodic table?
 
Wild guess based on the same clue: An abacus?
 
Nope, and twice nope.
That was a short-lived work day. I got there and my co-worker showed up 5 minutes later. It turns out the shift change we did last week was supposed to be permanent, so I don't have to go for another 3 hours.

next hint: accidental best-seller
 
Danger said:
next hint: accidental best-seller
Babbages' difference engine?
 

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