Who is your favorite theoretical physicist?

Boogie

(202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:31 PM
Original message

Who is your favorite theoretical physicist?

I'm gonna go with Niels Bohr. I mean come on, the guy was a rock star.

"If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet."

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Cannikin

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:35 PM
Response to Original message

1. Michio Kaku

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Generic Brad

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:38 PM
Response to Original message

2. Nothing Bohring About Niels

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Spider Jerusalem

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:38 PM
Response to Original message

3. Richard Feynman.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Fredda Weinberg

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 01:29 AM
Response to Reply #3

11. His "Lectures" got me an 'A' in Physics

Everything made sense when he described it.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Richardo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 10:12 AM
Response to Reply #3

19. Seconded.

:applause:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

crim son

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:39 PM
Response to Original message

4. I'll go with the STBE.

I don't know any other theoretical physicists.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Burma Jones

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:39 PM
Response to Original message

5. The Pope

Any Pope

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

The Velveteen Ocelot

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:43 PM
Response to Original message

6. John Archibald Wheeler.

He had a delightfully metaphysical attitude toward quantum mechanics.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

NNadir

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Feb-26-07 10:50 PM
Response to Original message

7. Bohr was the center of the world.

He was so humane, that was the thing.

Lise Meitner is another great one. The true discoverer of fission, she declined to work on the Manhattan Project, even though she was a Jew.

Einstein was so on fire when young, but then as Bob Dylan put, "went off sniffing drain pipes and reciting the alphabet."

Fermi was a thrilling man who bridged theory and practice.

Hans Bethe was a giant.

They were all so magnificient. It was probably the most exciting world there ever was.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

CaliforniaPeggy

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 01:04 AM
Response to Original message

8. My husband..........

And yes, he is.....

He has a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Stanford University...

The others all have a worthy second place......

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

XemaSab

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 01:06 AM
Response to Reply #8

9. My ex-BF

PhD in physics from Harvard. *And* I met him on the Dean campaign. :P

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

ZombieNixon

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 01:10 AM
Response to Original message

10. I'll go with Brian Greene.

Edited on Tue Feb-27-07 01:23 AM by ZombieNixon

Whether or not string theory is feasible, the guy can make it sound interesting. Plus, I've met him and he's a really cool guy. :D

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

MonkeyFunk

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 02:02 AM
Response to Reply #10

14. You mean

David Silver, from 90210?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

SKKY

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 05:21 AM
Response to Reply #14

17. Ahhhh. So that's what he's been up to since he left the show...

...I was wondering. I have to say, I'm pretty impressed. :sarcasm:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

blitzen

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 01:42 AM
Response to Original message

12. Avicenna

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Oeditpus Rex

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 01:56 AM
Response to Original message

13. Szilard

Because blowin' shit up is fun. :bounce:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

hfojvt

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 03:36 AM
Response to Original message

15. What do you do when your Bohr model of the atom breaks down?

Call a quantum mechanic.

also wasn't he mentioned in "Good Will Hunting"? Will wants to do something with Minnie but she has to study physics. She said 'It looks exciting, but it's actually rather Bohring."

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Skittles

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 04:04 AM
Response to Original message

16. Steve Weinberg

"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. "

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

PVnRT

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-27-07 10:10 AM
Response to Original message

18. Hawking

Black holes are cool.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Fri May 03rd 2024, 05:03 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.