Various
97. Second week of November on NEQNET
Physics
* Quintessence on the string theory landscape? (…)
95. One second order phase transition: video
Discussion of the Shaposhnikov-Tkachev paper has somewhat inspired me as you might expect, and I decided to browse the net for a bit That’s what I have found -
what you see below is a phase transition of the second kind, the one where correct degrees of freedom are decribed by CFT at . (…)
91. So sorry, but I cannot help hacking Google Blog Search
Sorry, my dear readers, but I cannot help trying the following strategy in order for the Google Blog Search to send a huge traffic to NEQNET… Some of those people who will come around may be also interested in science! (…)
89. First week of November on NEQNET
Below is the list of what I wrote on this blog during the first week of November… not bad actually, it looks like with Agata’s birth I have become more productive, not less… Surprising
In the mean time, the number of subsribers to this blog has hit the magic number 100 (and peaked at 108 :-)) Thanks for subscribing, new readers, you are very much welcome! (…)
82. Academia: is it really a cult?
After my rant (by the way, why do you think I was using exactly this word?) on switchers and global financial crisis one disappointed fellow Scandinavian reader wrote in comments:
Tonight I was glad to see that neqnet was updating again after the fall hiatus - until I saw your “switchers” rant. (…)
79. Obama is a president. What is there for us in it?
The people of the United States have not failed. In their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership. (…)
77. 99 subsribers to RSS feed
Hi friends
Currently, there are 99 subscribers to my feed at FeedBurner, see the counter in the footer! Are you by a chance reading this blog but not yet subscribed? (…)
74. Nima and CDF anomaly
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72. Publishers and monkeys
James Kotsybar was kind enough to send me another poem of his, which, I think, will be fun to reproduce here… All I can conclude from it is that nowadays it is much harder to get published for a poet that for a physicist
MONKEYS SHINED
– James Ph.Kotsybar
The keyboard monkeys, ad infinitum,
may randomly type out a Shakespeare play,
but publishing monkeys may well spite ‘em,
printing only the pap that sells today. (…)
70. Excess of cash and the origin of bubbles
Let us continue our dummy studies of the global financial crisis (2008-….). (…)
68. On Shakespeare
James Kotsybar replied by a poem to my attempt to compare him and Shakespeare Here it is:
Sketching portraits in iambs - metered thought -
He reflects the gamut of emotion
And presents plainly - no judgment wrought
Kaleidoscopes of man’s psychology,
Enlightening the unconscious ocean. (…)
64. Since you liked it, I gather… :-)
Here is a bit more poetry by James Kotsybar:
QUANTUM MELODY
— James Ph. Kotsybar
Below subatomic, the particles
slip through Heisenberg’s uncertainty nets. (…)
63. A little break for a poetry :-)
I was contacted by James Kotsybar, who presented me with several pieces of poetry I have no idea why he sent them to me, but they were fun to read - although not Shakespeare, but I liked them (in which respect - that I will not disclose). (…)
62. Two decisions and the worth of US economy
Hi friends
Today I would like to continue my non-specialist analysis of the global financial crisis, its origin and consequences. (…)
61. Rant: LHC, global crisis and switchers
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