tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post8360613050376938144..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: The Physical Tourist in Frankfurt (1)Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16597953440157605142007-08-09T21:33:00.000-04:002007-08-09T21:33:00.000-04:00Dear Bee and Stefan: thank you for your proposed p...Dear Bee and Stefan: thank you for your proposed programme of research. I assure you that I will be subjecting the Frankenwein to a most rigorous series of research investigations, using the most sophisticated technology available, ie my kidneys.....<BR/><BR/>Thanks! :-) I'll let you know if the problem of the origin of time gets solved in Wuerzburg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71925909281288299132007-08-08T17:22:00.000-04:002007-08-08T17:22:00.000-04:00Penguins? ARE YOU A TURTLE?Gerlach, "No experimen...Penguins? <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Order_of_Turtles" REL="nofollow">ARE YOU A TURTLE?</A><BR/><BR/>Gerlach, "No experiment is so dumb that it should not be tried," hence a <A HREF="http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2" REL="nofollow">query</A> given non-metric gravitation theories. We'll do it ourselves come Christmas. <BR/><BR/>Dauphiné and Brazil twins are commonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19194055141156162782007-08-08T15:52:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:52:00.000-04:00Dear Lubos,thanks for the photo from Prague! No do...Dear Lubos,<BR/><BR/>thanks for the photo from Prague! <BR/>No doubt, that guy is far more famous :-) <BR/><BR/>Do you now who is this Berta Fanta? Einstein chatting with Kafka, that must have been fascinating... <BR/><BR/>Apropos Prague, also from the "<A HREF="http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-56/iss-12/p53.html" REL="nofollow">Bad Cigar</A> paper: <I>"Motivated by a spirit of adventure," Stern became stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39746664698588626012007-08-08T15:45:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:45:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,Did you know we used to have the annual p...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/><I>Did you know we used to have the annual physics party in the old building of the 'Physikalischer Verein'? </I><BR/><BR/>I remember these famous parties from heresay - I guess I was already in Frankfurt when the last one took place, but unfortunately, I must have missed it. Obviously I didn't know <I>what</I> I did miss... ;-)<BR/><BR/>Best, stefanstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35318207054845618032007-08-08T15:39:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:39:00.000-04:00Dear Maurizio,I've been living in Frankfurt nearly...Dear Maurizio,<BR/><BR/><I>I've been living in Frankfurt nearly one year and I haven't visited this museum</I><BR/><BR/>Don't worry - I had been working "at the backyard" of the museum, the physics institute was still at Robert-Meyer-Strasse, and my appartment is a five-minute walk away - however, it took more than two years and required a visit by friends from Saarland to eventually go there. <stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90254617405391345862007-08-08T15:33:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:33:00.000-04:00Dear Dr. Who,sorry, I do not know much about Würzb...Dear Dr. Who,<BR/><BR/><BR/>sorry, I do not know much about Würzburg, I should go there and post about it ;-)... I have been there only once, when my wife was invited to give a talk there at the astrophysics colloquium :-). <BR/><BR/>As she has said, the local Frankenwein is something one should not miss ;-), and there are also famous local beers. <BR/><BR/>As for "scientific" sightseeing, the stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-45552938454186969352007-08-08T15:13:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:13:00.000-04:00Dear Uncle Al,Imagine what CERN will miss for havi...Dear Uncle Al,<BR/><BR/><I>Imagine what CERN will miss for having banned smoking.</I><BR/><BR/>Hm... fortunately, there are still the <A HREF="http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2006/06/20/melissa-franklin-and-penguin-diagrams/" REL="nofollow">illegal substances</A> ;-)...<BR/><BR/>And, about something else, since Germany is on the brink of a <A HREF="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-80995066109782625452007-08-08T12:42:00.000-04:002007-08-08T12:42:00.000-04:00Stern and Gerlach were great but this guy whose de...Stern and Gerlach were great but <A HREF="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Einstein_deska.jpg" REL="nofollow">this guy</A> whose desk is in Prague is perhaps somewhat more famous. ;-)Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19026520128390917912007-08-08T09:45:00.000-04:002007-08-08T09:45:00.000-04:00Dear Beeyour advice gave me a little bit of hope j...Dear Bee<BR/>your advice gave me a little bit of hope je je ;), since I started the PHD studies at Helmholtz School in Frankfurt I haven't visited too much in the city.Mauriciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612384779433238442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42504304322546928442007-08-08T08:22:00.000-04:002007-08-08T08:22:00.000-04:00Definitely... Though the actual reason for the gra...Definitely... <BR/><BR/>Though the actual reason for the grade was probably a different one. It was the last oral exam I had (there are four). If you were a theoretician the guy (an experimentalist) was known to just go with the previous grades (as an amusing side note, the students had folders for every prof where you could look up things like this - they probably still have).<BR/><BR/>The wholeSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78529084155861973102007-08-08T08:09:00.000-04:002007-08-08T08:09:00.000-04:00After he was done time for the exam had run out. I...<I>After he was done time for the exam had run out. I got a 'very good' ;-) </I><BR/><BR/>The moral of the story is that for girls and for professors, it is better to listen.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42251384047132582582007-08-08T08:01:00.000-04:002007-08-08T08:01:00.000-04:00Hi Uncle:You're not going to believe it but I've b...Hi Uncle:<BR/><BR/>You're not going to believe it but I've been asked that question in one of my physics exams. I didn't know the answer but I managed to encourage the prof to tell me the whole history of Stern, Gerlach, and their experiments. After he was done time for the exam had run out. I got a 'very good' ;-) Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36246151108423897882007-08-08T07:55:00.000-04:002007-08-08T07:55:00.000-04:00Hi Mauricio:Don't worry. I've been living in and n...Hi Mauricio:<BR/><BR/>Don't worry. I've been living in and nearby Frankfurt for 25 years and have never visited the Goethe House. Whenever I went there there were one million Japanese tourists standing in front of it taking photos and I was discouraged. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83370412814047233032007-08-08T07:53:00.000-04:002007-08-08T07:53:00.000-04:00Dear Dr. Who,Suggestions? Don't miss the German wi...Dear Dr. Who,<BR/><BR/>Suggestions? Don't miss the German wine :-) <BR/><BR/>Dear Stefan,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this nice writing! Did you know we used to have the annual physics party in the old building of the 'Physikalischer Verein'? (Not sure whether we had one after you moved to Frankfurt?) The acoustic in the hall is astonishingly good. It's always been lots of fun (as well as lots of noise Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3710369818787456462007-08-08T01:11:00.000-04:002007-08-08T01:11:00.000-04:00ohhh My Godness!!! I've been living in Frankfurt n...ohhh My Godness!!! I've been living in Frankfurt nearly one year and I haven't visited this museum, I should do that soon :), thanks for rememebering that.Mauriciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612384779433238442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52193416173962846202007-08-07T21:45:00.000-04:002007-08-07T21:45:00.000-04:00Will the Physical Tourist be visiting Wuerzburg an...Will the Physical Tourist be visiting Wuerzburg any time soon? I am going there in early september to attend this interesting-looking conference:<BR/>http://www.initial-conditions.com<BR/><BR/>Any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-80094374802438382432007-08-07T21:11:00.000-04:002007-08-07T21:11:00.000-04:00The critical pivot of the Stern Gerlach experiment...The critical pivot of the Stern Gerlach experiment was cheap cigars,<BR/><BR/>http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-56/iss-12/p53.html<BR/> middle<BR/><BR/>Luck is as useful as expertise. Imagine what CERN will miss for having banned smoking. "8^>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com