Physics Haiku

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Physics Haiku

• by Calliope

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Central Illinois Summer
Mosquito ? windshield Driver exults One less
bug! We know, ??.
Fractal Image from Susan Gardnerwww.susan-gardner
.com/Velocity/ Velocity.html
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Jumpin Jack Flash

• Boyle,

Bernoulli,
Gay-
Lussac
all agree with Mick
Its a gas, gas, gas
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Career Decisions

• Physics rules my life.
• Maybe I can transfer to
• Applied
• Life
• Studies.

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Hubris

• Theoretical
• Physicist am I. Mortals
• Tremble before me.

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The Road Not Taken

• Once I lost myself.
• GPS notwithstanding,
• Physics did not help.

Image by Larry Kanfer
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Irresistible Force

• Tripped. Fell on my ass.
• Awesome demonstration of

F ma . (1)
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Biological Physics

• A spherical frog

Considers bifurcation.
Hopf,
Hopf,
Hopf,
Hopf,
Hopf
With thanks to Mike Stone and Cynthia Chiang
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Curved Space?

• Illinois is flat
• Only if one looks at it
• Mesoscopically.

Image by Larry Kanfer
Thanks to Tony Leggett for useful discussions.
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Rejection
Nanoart , Felice Frankel. Nature, 06.13.02

• Does the electron
• Perceive Coulombs repulsion?

Does it even care?
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Dealing with Physicists

• Smile sincerely. Nod.
• Interject Really? Hmmmm WOW!
• Finally, they leave.