Things have been busybusybusybusybusy. At the same time, I really wanted to get one last post up before the launch of the beam tomorrow(!). So, I thought I’d throw out a few more of our favorite folks before we did.

 

Name: Beate Heinemann

Beate elected to give us a physicist joke. Here goes.

“An Astronomer, a Physicist, and a Mathematician are on a train across Ireland. In a green pasture, they see a black-and-white cow. The Astronomer turns to his friends, and says…

‘Ireland has black and white cows!’

The Physicist turns to the Astronomer and replies…

‘We don’t know that. What we do know, is that there is a black and white cow in Ireland’

The Mathematician turns to the Physicist, and retorts…

‘We don’t even know that. All we know is that in Ireland, there is one cow, who is black and white on one side.’”

 …I didn’t get it either.

 

 

Name: David Francis

Reputation: The Coolest Frickin’ Guy You’ve Ever Met

Quote: “What would I ask the Big Man? What was before the Big Bang?”

 

 

Name: Tim Christiansen

Title: Rock God of Particle Physics

Quote: “Why did I get into physics? The girls, of course (laughs)… not a lot of people get that.”

And, finally…

 

Name: Monica Dunford

Favorite Books: Crime and Punishment, The Blind Assassin… you know, feel-good stuff.

Quote: “The cultural difference between the Japanese and America is not nearly as great as the difference between experimental and theoretical physics.”

Ahh, Ms. Dunford. The hell we would end up putting you through…

…But more on that later.

I’d write more, but I have equipment to pack and batteries to replace, a mind to rest and a beer to drink. Tomorrow, THE BEAM…

 

Love, kisses, and Muons…

-J.