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Feynman Diagrams: The science of doodling
Every popular explanation of particle physics is liberally illustrated with cartoon-like pictures of straight and wiggly lines representing electrons, photons, and quarks, interacting with one another. These so-called Feynman diagrams were introduced by Richard Feynman in the journal Physical Review in 1949, and they quickly became an essential tool for particle physicists. Read More »
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Rob Semper
Rob Semper is the Executive Associate Director of the Exploratorium, a science museum in San Francisco. Read More »
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Physics for Future Presidents --the Science Behind the Headlines
What does the president need to know about Physics? As president you will need to make decisions that require thinking like a physicist. Continue »
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Rumors
Just when all those stories about baguette-bombing birds and vengeful, time-traveling particles coming back from the future were starting to die out, British IT mag the Register reports the LHC has suffered yet another power cut. But their source wasn't CERN, but a cadre of fanboys and fangirls, who have been independently monitoring the status of the collider through the LHC Portal, an independent website that takes CERN pages that might be of interest to the general public and organizes them i.. Read more »
