tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post8621902755661309790..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Nobel Prize awarded to Fert and GrünbergSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20873109880225149072007-10-10T17:47:00.000-04:002007-10-10T17:47:00.000-04:00A Nobel for discovering the ipod.Hmh, that may sho...<I>A Nobel for discovering the ipod.</I><BR/><BR/>Hmh, that may show the dangers of framing: When everyone mentions the iPod when talking about the GMR Nobel Prize, the distinction between the "invention of the iPod" and "making the unexpected discovery of a quantum-mechanical effect which can be applied to miniaturise the reading heads of hard disk drives" can get lost for some people.<BR/><BR/>stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-10047433147046914202007-10-10T17:33:00.000-04:002007-10-10T17:33:00.000-04:00Guess where Grünberg was born? In Pilsen, no ...Guess where Grünberg was born? In Pilsen, <A HREF="http://www.fz-juelich.de/portal/gruenberg/lebenslauf" REL="nofollow">no kidding</A> :-)Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43637109156111685512007-10-10T16:39:00.000-04:002007-10-10T16:39:00.000-04:00Hi Clovis:Yes, definitely, it IS good. I was just ...Hi Clovis:<BR/><BR/>Yes, definitely, it IS good. I was just commenting on your remark <I>'Germans may have a good stock of future Nobel prize winners for the future'</I>. And you are of course right, since half of Canada is covered under snow all year round, maybe one should be so fair to multiply the pop dens by two ;-) Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51512801385898692562007-10-10T14:10:00.000-04:002007-10-10T14:10:00.000-04:00To Thomas Larsson...The post is a satire of Kenyan...To Thomas Larsson...<BR/><BR/>The post is a satire of Kenyan email spam GIANT LOTTO winnings, etc. I thought "Rövhål" was an especially sweet fillip - and don't think it was easy to find. Anybody could have gone with "Klyster," as in the Swedish Russell and Sigurd Varian Bros.' subtley humorous 1937 klystron.<BR/><BR/>Attributing it to the Royal Swedish Academy would have been mean-spirited... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72972609947439077872007-10-10T11:30:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:30:00.000-04:00Bee,Maybe I am too naive but I didn't see the movi...Bee,<BR/><BR/>Maybe I am too naive but I didn't see the movie from this point of view. Companies investing in schools and stimulating interest for science (even if self interest is their motivation for doing so) looks like to be something good. Or not?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, comparison with pop. density of Canada is unfair - what about the pop. density in the poles? :-)Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13034624939696491092007-10-10T09:28:00.000-04:002007-10-10T09:28:00.000-04:00Hi Clovis:I thought this was the whole point of th...Hi Clovis:<BR/><BR/>I thought this was the whole point of the movie? Companies as much as universities are trying to recruit young people by more and more desperate means, that includes advertisement campaigns in Kindergardens. As they said in the movie, there are presently plenty of job offers but on the long run not enough young people to fill in, it is apparently especially worrisome in Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-31838270609795823842007-10-10T09:03:00.000-04:002007-10-10T09:03:00.000-04:00Dear uncle,I know a number of people on The Royal ...Dear uncle,<BR/><BR/>I know a number of people on The <B>Royal</B> Swedish Academy of Sciences (what has arts got to do with it?), but none of them has the title "Senior Administrative Asshole"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18418327694315086512007-10-10T02:49:00.000-04:002007-10-10T02:49:00.000-04:00Hi anonymous,At least this work has a demonstrable...Hi anonymous,<BR/><BR/>At least this work has a demonstrable connection to the real world. I'm happy they don't give Nobels for playing games that only generate citations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16692902148911170152007-10-10T00:25:00.000-04:002007-10-10T00:25:00.000-04:00In short, a prize for work that would have been ju...In short, a prize for work that would have been judged utterly insignificant if it were not associated with making money. <BR/><BR/>A Nobel for discovering the ipod. What will it be next year -- a Nobel for discovering facebook?<BR/><BR/>Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66435391282523886932007-10-09T23:07:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:07:00.000-04:00Bee: Sorry, I didn't get it. Do you mean that nati...Bee: Sorry, I didn't get it. Do you mean that native Germans are not graduating anymore in the necessary rate to mantain its scientific tradition??Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19125529775007310132007-10-09T19:54:00.000-04:002007-10-09T19:54:00.000-04:00This, based on the imperfect standard model. Image...This, based on the imperfect standard model. Image what could be done if we can go beyond the standard model? I can see starships going at light speed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55766598288183521372007-10-09T18:39:00.000-04:002007-10-09T18:39:00.000-04:00Dear Christine,thanks for the links to the origina...Dear Christine,<BR/><BR/>thanks for the links to the original papers of the groups of Fert and Grünberg - they are freely available from the APS:<BR/><BR/><I>Giant Magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr Magnetic Superlattices</I> by M. N. Baibich, J. M. Broto, A. Fert, F. Nguyen Van Dau, F. Petroff, P. Eitenne, G. Creuset, A. Friederich, and J. Chazelas; Phys. Rev. Lett. <B>61</B> (1988) 2472, doi stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52658812589773011392007-10-09T18:17:00.000-04:002007-10-09T18:17:00.000-04:00Hi Andreas,indeed, he did his Vordiplom in Frankfu...Hi Andreas,<BR/><BR/>indeed, he did his Vordiplom in Frankfurt, and then moved on to Darmstadt for the Diplom and the PhD, which he obtained in 1969. <BR/><BR/>In Darmstadt, he was a student of <A HREF="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Hüfner" REL="nofollow">Stefan Hüfner</A>, who later came to Saarbrücken - I had followed there one of his seminars on solid-state physics - and Karl-Heinz stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9404376751017369682007-10-09T18:12:00.000-04:002007-10-09T18:12:00.000-04:00Congratulations to them and to the Brazilian physi...Congratulations to them and to the Brazilian physicist Mario Norberto Baibich, who was the first author to the 1988 paper.<BR/><BR/>(I have the feeling that Brazil will never get a Nobel prize.)<BR/><BR/>ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-50798985957542877412007-10-09T17:06:00.000-04:002007-10-09T17:06:00.000-04:00Hi Uncle,I believe they call instead of sending em...Hi Uncle,<BR/><BR/>I believe they call instead of sending email. Can you fake a Swedish accent?<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65603114287248567012007-10-09T16:15:00.000-04:002007-10-09T16:15:00.000-04:00A very practical award. How about eventually awar...A very practical award. How about eventually awarding the Nobel in Physics to the guys who put the first satellite in orbit 50 years ago? Though I think there were too many people involved and it'd be hard to pick just three...(?)<BR/><BR/>changhoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30135971439389568782007-10-09T14:19:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:19:00.000-04:00Dear esteemed Sir or Madam,The Swedish Academy of ...Dear esteemed Sir or Madam,<BR/><BR/>The Swedish Academy of Arts and Sciences has this year chosen you to receive the Nobel Prize! We wish to send you a cashier's cheque for $(US)1.31 million. Please send us your bank account number and its PIN number so we may deposit your Prize money soonest. <BR/><BR/>With greatest admiration,<BR/>Bjork Klyster.,<BR/>Senior Administrative Rövhål<BR/>Swedish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8207478205409336122007-10-09T10:46:00.000-04:002007-10-09T10:46:00.000-04:00And Grünberg even studied in Frankfurt...And Grünberg even studied in Frankfurt...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1901158300727610532007-10-09T09:13:00.000-04:002007-10-09T09:13:00.000-04:00Hi Clovis:Nice! They might have to import them tho...Hi Clovis:<BR/><BR/>Nice! They might have to import them though... Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72660528572527046142007-10-09T09:03:00.000-04:002007-10-09T09:03:00.000-04:00And judging by this DW video, Germans may have a g...And judging by this DW video, Germans may have a good stock of future Nobel prize winners for the future...<BR/><BR/>http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_single_mediaplayer/0,,2814242_type_video_struct_11458,00.html?mytitle=What%2Bmakes%2BSaxony%2527s%2Bschools%2Bso%2Bgood%253FClovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29923420614741105832007-10-09T08:29:00.000-04:002007-10-09T08:29:00.000-04:00while I was sleeping... Thanks :-)while I was sleeping... <BR/><BR/>Thanks :-)Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8488741327408497632007-10-09T06:40:00.000-04:002007-10-09T06:40:00.000-04:00No, sorry, by 5 minutes.No, sorry, by 5 minutes.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-324314387893982022007-10-09T06:39:00.000-04:002007-10-09T06:39:00.000-04:00Wow, you beat the New York Times by an hour!Wow, you beat the New York Times by an hour!Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.com