Jennifer tries to take the high road with her Valentine’s Day post. A little science, a dash of poetry, a bit of cute archeology.
But it’s all just a distraction to prevent people from noticing this picture in Nature. That’s one she’ll never live down!
Nor will I.
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February 14th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Every blog in the world should link that picture, to ensure that it’s always high in the google rankings.
February 14th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
I don’t know what it should be linked as, though.
February 14th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Damn! My nefarious plot to deflect attention from the NATURE pic has been foiled!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
wow. an amazingly sappy photo. really guys… but a great article! (going through that problem at this exact moment too — the wife is giving a job talk about 2000 miles north of here in about 20 minutes…)
February 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I liked the picture and the Nature article
What came into my mind while reading was a conversation I had 4 years ago with the women who was in charge of the administration for scholarship holders back in Frankfurt. I told her I’d move to the USA. She looked really concerned, and said bluntly: “It’s going to kill your relationship. It always does. I’ve seen it happen again and again.” Well. Three years later Stefan and I got married. He sent me the link to the Nature article earlier today – there should be more writings like this!
Have a good day,
B.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
A few hundred bloggers linking to that page as “carebear scientists” might do the trick.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Great valentine’s surprise, and great article. Congradulations again to the both of you.
Esther gave me a great surprise to: the new string theory book by Becker/Becker/Schwarz. Who could have a better wife?
February 14th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Truly, I was not responsible for the picture-inside-a-heart thing; NATURE just decided to have a little whimsical fun with the layout. And c’mon, it’s rather sweet.
I almost contacted B and her husband for the article, except I didn’t want to only interview couples in physics.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:54 am
A little known fact is that the APS study performed almost a decade ago was inspired by my very own hopeless 2-body situation. Marc Sher is a close friend and felt compelled to do something when he heard all that had happened to me and my recent ex-spouse (all was not well at the end of a 15 year struggle for jobs) – and so Marc started a small study and discovered the tip of an iceberg.
February 15th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
I know lots of couples who have met through Buffy fandom. Not really sure that’s a job, though.
Maybe for you and me.
February 15th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
I like the bubble chamber artwork very much!
I almost contacted B and her husband for the article…
gulp… I’m not sure if I had appreciated that kind of prominence
February 15th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
February 16th, 2007 at 8:27 am
I liked the article a lot, once I got past the sappy pictures. Just kidding. My sense is that in math quite a few mid-major universities have been able to strengthen their departments by solving the two-body problem, when two positions are open. It’s always delicate since legally (and morally) each partner has to individually be arguably the strongest applicant for each position. When this is the case, though, the departments not only get two good mathematicians. They get two good mathematicians who stay awhile instead of immediately shopping themselves to more high powered institutions.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Well, congratulations to you both (it says engaged, but one presumes there’s a marriage date, past or present?) . That’s one cute couple in the picture and believe me, your kids will treasure it some day. It’ll prove you’re the dorks (or whatever their term d’jour will be) they’ll love to declare you to be. A bonus is to have been led to Cocktail Party Physics, a very fine and delightfully written site.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:04 am
A fair number of universities in the US are in locations where, even if the spouse of a professorial candidate isn’t themselves in academia, job opportunities can be limited. Around here, that’s probably a bigger problem than the ‘two body problem’ where both are academics.