World Physics Year: Let's Plan Activities!

Thread starter lakshmi
Start date Nov 26, 2004
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World Physics Year is an important event that should be celebrated within the community. There is a call for activities to mark this occasion, emphasizing the significance of participation. The diverse backgrounds of forum members pose a challenge in organizing unified events. However, the sentiment is that it would be a missed opportunity not to engage in some form of celebration. Collective efforts are encouraged to brainstorm ideas for activities that can involve everyone.

Nov 26, 2004

lakshmi

hey guys we shuld have some activities for world physics year
its our year and being a part of pf it is shame on us if we don't have anything

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Nov 26, 2004

misogynisticfeminist

I didn't know we had a world physics year ! But here in PF, people come from all different parts of the world, so i think it'll be kinda hard to come up with something...

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