Browsing Archive: July, 2010
Posted by Chris Bird on Saturday, July 10, 2010,
I realize most of the people who read my entries aren't that interested in physics, but this is potentially such a big discovery that I am going to write about it anyway.
There is a rumor circulating that the Tevatron accelerator has discovered the Higgs boson! (I'll wait for the stunned awe to fade...)
Maybe I should give some background information. Long before I was born, in the 1960's, three physicists made an interesting discovery. They realized that if the fundamental particles of nature ...
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Posted by Chris Bird on Monday, July 5, 2010,
Or at least that is my hope.
For the last four years I have been spending my weekends (when I have no other chores) scanning my parent's photo books and negatives. I have photos dating as far back as the early 1800s, right up to modern day. My collection now spans five double density DVDs of scanned photos and around 25 of my own photos. Every time I am just about to finish it, someone finds another book or six. But I have scanned the final photo that I know of, so hopefully there are no mor... Continue reading ...
I am a physicist recently graduated from the University of Victoria, with a doctorate in theoretical physics. I also have training in mathematics, engineering and computer programming.