Скажем, блудливый кобель, уйдя, вспугнул белого кролика и преследует его, по пути он натыкается на семью на гигантском пикнике, какая отвлеклась от пищи, чтобы поиграть в мяч в заливший центральном парке, он съедает их, сэндвичи и мороженое; только он разделался с духовными пищами, как ему сталкивается слишком большого сука, какая входит в ( Read more... )

I am Kristine, 23, from Norway and last week I finally started my bachelor of physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology:) I went to a space technology secondary school but didn't feel at home with the technical parts. I did however love the theoretical parts we had and I love space, so my plan is a Master degree in astro and ( Read more... )

My grandmother's formal education in astronomy and physics was extremely basic (and limited to what we knew 60 years ago), and she wants to educate herself about the Big Bang. Can anybody recommend a podcast that would be helpful? Everything I've found that is either clearly aimed at children or seems too jargon heavy. Something like Bill Bryson ( Read more... )

I'm searching for a good introductory book on String Theory. Any suggestions? It need not cover all the nuts and bolts, just the fundamental ideas.

As many of you already know, Physics funding in the UK has received a catastrophic blow in the last few weeks.  I'm going to link to someone else's summary of the issue here rather than writing it all out again myself - if you're interested, go read.

But mainly, I'd like to call your attention to this petition, open to all citizens and residents of ( Read more... )

I bought a new flash drive and now need to name it. I name my flash drives after women scientists and mathematicians. My other flash drives are Hypatia, Hedy (Lamarr), and Mae (Jemison). This time, I want to name it after a woman astronomer. I have a poll running at GJ (because GJ doesn't make me either pay or tolerate ads to run a poll) and would ( Read more... )

Folks, if any of you are subscribing to "Science" can you please send me a soft-copy this paper to "rahdilarum@yahoo.com"

Science 28 September 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5846, pp. 1890 - 1893
DOI: 10.1126/science.1146204Probing Quantum Commutation Rules by Addition and Subtraction of Single Photonsto/from a Light Field
Valentina Parigi,1 Alessandro Zavatta ( Read more... )

Does anyone know of any graduate fellowships which accept applicants in the second or third year?

I didn't apply for any in the first year and now I seem to be ineligible for most of them (including the NSF, by virtue of having done a year as a "fake graduate student").

Interesting article from ScienceDaily:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071002131140.htm

I was interviewed for a postdoc job the other day, and some of the questions got me thinking.  [Just as a bit of curiosity, and certainly not as any kind of it's-so-unfair whinging.] Here I am, enjoying my field, and finding the nitty gritty details equally as important as the big picture.  In the past year, I've seen some fantastic work being done ( Read more... )