Hi Everyone,
We'll phone from the conference room at 1 pm. Please come: I find
these meetings valuable.
Peter
Peter Fisher
Professor of Physics
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MIT
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On Oct 13, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Ray F. Cowan wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Since we ended up with no LQS meeting last week, we'll try again this
week, with the same (short) papers scheduled for discussion, along with
my report from the SiD workshop in Boulder.
Thanks much,
--Ray
On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Ray F. Cowan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Attached are the pdf files of the two Nature articles.
>
> Thanks,
> --Ray
>
>
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Ray F. Cowan wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> We'll hold our regular weekly LQS group meeting this Thursday, Oct.
>> 9,
>> at 1 PM Eastern. We've not yet found a conference or meeting room
>> available in this time slot, so Peter has volunteered his office
>> for now.
>> Call-in info is 510-665-5437, passcode 7336.
>> This week I'll report on the SiD Workshop that was held in
>> September at
>> the University of Colorado in Boulder. We'll also discuss two very
>> short articles suggested by Peter, both from Nature. Both are
>> attached as pdf files.
>> The first, written by Dirac in 1937, comments on some interesting
>> numerical
>> relations between atomic and cosmological constants, and speculates
>> on whether or not certain ratios may be a function of time since
>> the Big Bang.
>> The second, an editorial entitled "Cool Philosophies", touches on
>> the benefits of effective communication about physics with the
>> public.
>> The article notes the unexpectedly high level of interest that the
>> turn-on of the LHC occasioned in the international media, and
>> remarks on the
>> opportunity this presents.
>> Suggestions for papers to review in future meetings are always
>> welcome!
>> Thanks,
>> --Ray
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