http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:23:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24032 Mark Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24032 Thanks George. You were quite right of course, and I've added a line to the article (with a link to Holt's NYT stories) to make this right. Good science journalism is something that means a lot to me also, which is why I bristled (a little too easily perhaps) at the comment. Thanks sincerely for making sure I did the right thing there. Thanks George. You were quite right of course, and I’ve added a line to the article (with a link to Holt’s NYT stories) to make this right. Good science journalism is something that means a lot to me also, which is why I bristled (a little too easily perhaps) at the comment. Thanks sincerely for making sure I did the right thing there.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24033 Julianne Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:44:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24033 I suppose this is the equivalent of the ubiquitous "Scientists have found...". I suppose this is the equivalent of the ubiquitous “Scientists have found…”.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24034 George Musser Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:11:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24034 Sorry, Mark, it wasn't meant to be a "lecture" -- though now that I see it on the screen, I admit that it comes across that way. I guess I've got a chip on my shoulder about this because things I've worked on have been appropriated without credit (hardly a problem unique to science journalism). George Sorry, Mark, it wasn’t meant to be a “lecture” — though now that I see it on the screen, I admit that it comes across that way. I guess I’ve got a chip on my shoulder about this because things I’ve worked on have been appropriated without credit (hardly a problem unique to science journalism).
George

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24035 graviton383 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:05:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24035 The LHC collides at 14 TeV in ~500 days and counting.....and then the world changes. The LHC collides at 14 TeV in ~500 days and counting…..and then the world changes.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24038 Mark Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:23:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24038 Thanks for the lecture George, and thanks for supplying the name. I think I've included the author's name in every other post I've ever written about a news piece, so this isn't typical (of me or CV). (I've even written pieces about how important science writers are). Thanks for the lecture George, and thanks for supplying the name. I think I’ve included the author’s name in every other post I’ve ever written about a news piece, so this isn’t typical (of me or CV). (I’ve even written pieces about how important science writers are).

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24037 Carl Brannen Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:32:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24037 I can't believe that the latest version of Windows still doesn't display your blog correctly -- the text from the sidebar creeps well on to the main display. Can't those jokers at Microsoft get anything right? I can’t believe that the latest version of Windows still doesn’t display your blog correctly — the text from the sidebar creeps well on to the main display. Can’t those jokers at Microsoft get anything right?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24036 Amara Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:07:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24036 George: instruments on space missions are sometimes/often 'faceless' too! George: instruments on space missions are sometimes/often ‘faceless’ too!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24039 George Musser Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:21:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24039 As an aside, you wouldn't attribute a new research finding in Nature to Nature; you'd name the authors. Similarly, you should name the author of this piece - Jim Holt - rather than simply say it's in the NYTM. For some reason, science writers are seen as faceless. George As an aside, you wouldn’t attribute a new research finding in Nature to Nature; you’d name the authors. Similarly, you should name the author of this piece - Jim Holt - rather than simply say it’s in the NYTM. For some reason, science writers are seen as faceless.
George

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24040 Monte Davis Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:37:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/14/where-protons-will-play-the-lhc-in-the-nyt/#comment-24040 Somewhere (maybe 'The Pleasure of Being a Physicist'..?) Viktor Weiskopf did a beautiful order-of-magnitude walkthrough from quantum constants... to Pauli exclusion and typical ionic bond strengths... to strength of materials for common minerals like olivine and diorite and granite... to how high mountains can get before their roots begin to flow plastically even faster than erosion wears them down. So ultimately, he concluded, parameters for both the beauty and the "slovenliness" of the Alps are set by the [low-energy limits of] the phenomena in the LHC... Somewhere (maybe ‘The Pleasure of Being a Physicist’..?) Viktor Weiskopf did a beautiful order-of-magnitude walkthrough from quantum constants… to Pauli exclusion and typical ionic bond strengths… to strength of materials for common minerals like olivine and diorite and granite… to how high mountains can get before their roots begin to flow plastically even faster than erosion wears them down. So ultimately, he concluded, parameters for both the beauty and the “slovenliness” of the Alps are set by the [low-energy limits of] the phenomena in the LHC…

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