tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post5937242549782874933..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Fun with particle physicsMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-91795373435679012082013-10-21T09:47:54.159+01:002013-10-21T09:47:54.159+01:00KW, Thank you!
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I look forwa...KW, Thank you!<br /><br />macheath01@gmail.com<br /><br />I look forward to reading it and, with your permission, of course, sharing it with my 6th form pupils (who are, by happy coincidence, currently reading Frayn's 'Copenhagen' and Duerrenmatt's 'The Physicists').<br /><br />(Apologies for the delay: your comment got briefly stuck in moderation.)Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-89800196488043224322013-10-20T23:44:48.169+01:002013-10-20T23:44:48.169+01:00Hi Macheath, If you are still interested in my art...Hi Macheath, If you are still interested in my article on The Real Inspector, as mentioned over a year ago(!), I now know how to get it to you. But I would need an email address. KWkathryn wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482869644918698163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-44694118763792194532012-07-08T18:35:11.004+01:002012-07-08T18:35:11.004+01:00KW, given Stoppard's well-documented interest ...KW, given Stoppard's well-documented interest in particle physics and his incorporation of scientific and philosphical ideas into his work, I assumed when I first read the play back in the 90s that it was a deliberate reference.<br /><br />(I was lucky enough to be more clued up than most, having friends who worked at CERN)<br /><br />I don't know how much of the wording of Moon's speech predates Higgs 1964 announcement, but if, as I suspect, <i>'My presence defines his absence, his absence confirms my presence, his presence precludes mine'</i> is a product of the 1967 revision rather than the 1962 original draft, it strongly suggests a reference to the Higgs Boson; you would know better than I whether the name was changed between 1962 and 1967.<br /><br />I've been surprised not to see the idea more widely discussed - if there's any way to read your article without access to online journals, I'd love to have a look at it.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-85957146508544389482012-07-08T03:54:34.173+01:002012-07-08T03:54:34.173+01:00In 2005 I published an article on names in "T...In 2005 I published an article on names in "The Real Inspector Hound," in which I suggested that Higgs was named after the Higgs particle. See "The 'Magnus Effect': Names in The Real Inspector Hound," English Language Notes 43: 2 (2005), 180-92.kathryn wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482869644918698163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-79482964943187769792012-07-06T08:47:49.814+01:002012-07-06T08:47:49.814+01:00Stoppard at his brilliant best, than which etc, et...Stoppard at his brilliant best, than which etc, etc ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-52550402460021534472012-07-05T20:11:53.715+01:002012-07-05T20:11:53.715+01:00Lots of fun is to be had by everyone with this stu...Lots of fun is to be had by everyone with this stunning piece of scientific backslapping.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-81587590670272344642012-07-05T13:35:19.423+01:002012-07-05T13:35:19.423+01:00I'm always confusing bosons with with bosuns. ...I'm always confusing bosons with with bosuns. You might say I am all at sea on this subject.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com