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Everybody Loves Science!
Loki:
Heard a lot of recommendations related to using it for learning a language; never tried it myself.
celticgeek:
Everybody loves Quantum Magnetism.
Patrick:
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--- Quote from: Carl-E on 23 May 2013, 03:47 ---I think we've hit the "science is indistinguishable from sci-fi" equivalence.
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Well, we are talking about String Theory after all...
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The two are indistringuishable?
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I've probably told this story here before, but I think it's mostly the 3+ year forum vets who will remember it. Here goes.
My stepmom's father, one James Ricker Wilson, was a nuclear physicist working at LLNL during the Manhattan Project. He discovered the malleability of plutonium. When my sister (then a liberal arts major at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta) came home to visit, she told him the story of how she had witnessed several young male physics majors using explanations of String Theory in order to pick up on girls. Upon hearing this, Grandpa Jim harrumphed and said "Well, at least it's good for something."
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 27 May 2013, 03:36 ---...working at LLNL during the Manhattan Project.
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My father's father, an engineer for Kellogg (later to merge with Brown & Root to become what's now known as KBR) also worked on that project. Sworn to secrecy, he never told a soul what he did for it. But, since he was what's now known as a materials engineer (stress fractures, bearing loads and all that) we think he probably worked on the case designs. Who knows... I wonder if any of that's ever been declassified enough to find out what he did? Maybe I should look...
There was a plaque we found in the basement signed by Harry Truman thanking him for his efforts on the project. My father hung it up after they moved into the house... 60 years later.
Patrick:
Haha, we found a similar award for Grandpa Jim, but it was cleverly disguised as a summer camp youth achievement diploma. It had to do with Bikini Atoll.
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