Comments on: String Theory’s Star on the Rise http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elegant physicist makes string theory sexy | Alanat News http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14184 Elegant physicist makes string theory sexy | Alanat News Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:44:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14184 [...] In fact, the biggest knock against Greene is that he’s so busy with public outreach that scientists wonder whether he actually has time for string theory. Last year, for example, he was the subject of a meticulously plotted http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/ having to do with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [...] [...] In fact, the biggest knock against Greene is that he’s so busy with public outreach that scientists wonder whether he actually has time for string theory. Last year, for example, he was the subject of a meticulously plotted http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/ having to do with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [...]

]]> By: Questions and Answers about Theories of Everything - Asymptotia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14185 Questions and Answers about Theories of Everything - Asymptotia Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:06:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14185 [...] Sometimes the journalists and editors get it right. In fact, they get it right a lot of the time, but you hear more about the complaints (sometimes from me, sometimes elsewhere) about them getting it wrong, when it comes to things like science coverage especially. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the set of questions and answers that are in a new article on MSNBC that a number of people pointed out to me yesterday and today. It starts out as an article about Brian Greene’s science outreach efforts (books, and tv and movie appearances, including a new one), with some discussion of how this is regarded by his colleagues, the value it has had in raising public awareness of physics (and fundamental science in general, I would argue), and so forth. (Picture above right is from a fun joke I carried out last year that you can read here - be sure to read the comments too.) All that is interesting, but not nearly as interesting to me right now as the later parts of the article which is simply a question and answer session. [...] [...] Sometimes the journalists and editors get it right. In fact, they get it right a lot of the time, but you hear more about the complaints (sometimes from me, sometimes elsewhere) about them getting it wrong, when it comes to things like science coverage especially. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the set of questions and answers that are in a new article on MSNBC that a number of people pointed out to me yesterday and today. It starts out as an article about Brian Greene’s science outreach efforts (books, and tv and movie appearances, including a new one), with some discussion of how this is regarded by his colleagues, the value it has had in raising public awareness of physics (and fundamental science in general, I would argue), and so forth. (Picture above right is from a fun joke I carried out last year that you can read here – be sure to read the comments too.) All that is interesting, but not nearly as interesting to me right now as the later parts of the article which is simply a question and answer session. [...]

]]> By: Cosmic Variance Goes To Church | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14183 Cosmic Variance Goes To Church | Cosmic Variance Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:55:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14183 [...] Ok. I’m sorry you spilled your beverage all over your front….or unwittingly sprayed it all over your monitor! Given some of the things written here at Cosmic Variance in the past, you’re thinking either I’m going to burst into flame the moment I set foot into the place of worship, or that this is another -even more elaborate than last time- April Fool Joke perpetrated by cvj, or….. the Religious have begun to take over some of your trusted sites on the blogosphere. [...] [...] Ok. I’m sorry you spilled your beverage all over your front….or unwittingly sprayed it all over your monitor! Given some of the things written here at Cosmic Variance in the past, you’re thinking either I’m going to burst into flame the moment I set foot into the place of worship, or that this is another -even more elaborate than last time- April Fool Joke perpetrated by cvj, or….. the Religious have begun to take over some of your trusted sites on the blogosphere. [...]

]]> By: Ambitwistor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14136 Ambitwistor Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:08:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14136 My first reaction was, "Man, they give stars out to <em>anyone</em> these days... quickly followed by, "Hey...." My first reaction was, “Man, they give stars out to anyone these days… quickly followed by, “Hey….”

]]> By: PK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14182 PK Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:32:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14182 I was looking on the Internet Movie Data Base for quite a while, looking for "Brian Green(e)" and never suspected an April Fools joke. And to think that I got up that morning on the lookout for jokes... I was looking on the Internet Movie Data Base for quite a while, looking for “Brian Green(e)” and never suspected an April Fools joke. And to think that I got up that morning on the lookout for jokes…

]]> By: Cynthia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14181 Cynthia Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:08:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14181 What sort of prize will Little Joe receive for solving Clifford's joke? Perhaps, a "string trip" to the Ponderosa. Might be fun... What sort of prize will Little Joe receive for solving Clifford’s joke? Perhaps, a “string trip” to the Ponderosa. Might be fun…

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14180 Clifford Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:39:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14180 Bonanza is the name of the show Lorne Greene is famous for acting in you see.... and Little Joe is one of the characters..... So Little Joe saying "It's a real bonanza for string theory" as a clue that he/she had figured out the role of the Lorne Greene star in the plot....... That sort of killed me for a bit...... really funny.... Then I looked in the internal stuff to see the email of the commenter, and they'd signed it with username Hoss...... that's another Bonanza character..... I was choking for air at that point.... (I guess you had to be there.) -cvj Bonanza is the name of the show Lorne Greene is famous for acting in you see…. and Little Joe is one of the characters….. So Little Joe saying “It’s a real bonanza for string theory” as a clue that he/she had figured out the role of the Lorne Greene star in the plot……. That sort of killed me for a bit…… really funny….

Then I looked in the internal stuff to see the email of the commenter, and they’d signed it with username Hoss…… that’s another Bonanza character….. I was choking for air at that point….

(I guess you had to be there.)

-cvj

]]> By: erc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14179 erc Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:21:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14179 <i>I hope everyone saw the full joke in the comment by Little Joe including the commenters's name? To me, that takes the prize!</i> No... :( <i>Gotta run..... apple pie to complete.</i> Hey! I made apple pie last night! I hope everyone saw the full joke in the comment by Little Joe including the commenters’s name? To me, that takes the prize!

No… :(

Gotta run….. apple pie to complete.
Hey! I made apple pie last night!

]]> By: lambda T http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14178 lambda T Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:21:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14178 Well done, Dr. Johnson!! I was completely fooled! But it'd be SO cool if Brian Greene actually DID have a star on Hollywood Blvd.! Hmmm....perhaps there should be a walkway similar to the Hollywood one, except for physicists and other scientists (such as Feynman, Greene, Marie Curie, Fermi, etc.)!! Instead of stars, their names could be inlayed on top of something physics-related. Any takers? ...or we could just superimpose physicists' names on the actual Hollywood stars, just for kicks... :-P Well done, Dr. Johnson!! I was completely fooled! But it’d be SO cool if Brian Greene actually DID have a star on Hollywood Blvd.!

Hmmm….perhaps there should be a walkway similar to the Hollywood one, except for physicists and other scientists (such as Feynman, Greene, Marie Curie, Fermi, etc.)!! Instead of stars, their names could be inlayed on top of something physics-related.

Any takers?

…or we could just superimpose physicists’ names on the actual Hollywood stars, just for kicks… :-P

]]> By: Stephan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-14177 Stephan Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:44:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/01/string-theorys-star-on-the-rise/#comment-14177 Nice job. You got me. Nice job. You got me.

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