Philosophy
Unless you're a physicist or a physics enthusiast, you probably have a hard time remembering the difference between subatomic particles such as quarks, electrons, protons, neutrons, leptons, gluons, hadrons, positrons, bosons and morons. Ok, fine, maybe you definitely know a moron when you see one, but you get my point.
So, if you want to learn how to remember the difference between all these particles, the following totally geeky but catchy song should be just what you've been looking for:
And for more funny and educational songs, check out the funny songs tag.
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Philosophy
Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks
So, if you want to learn how to remember the difference between all these particles, the following totally geeky but catchy song should be just what you've been looking for:
And for more funny and educational songs, check out the funny songs tag.
- Funny Songs: The Elements And I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-general
My Fellow Comedists, This week I begin work on a new theological tract. Yes, the annual meeting of the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society is almost upon us and my paper needs writing. I am looking at particular mechanisms for non-joke-based humorous...
- Doubts About The Higgs Boson?
"Is the Higgs boson real?" Rumours abound that Cern scientists have finally glimpsed the long-sought Higgs boson. We asked physicists to share their thoughts on the elusive entity. by Ian Sample December 6th, 2011 guardian.co.uk Soon after Rolf-Dieter...
- Tom Lehrer And "the Elements"
Tom Lehrer turns 82. Bill Ashworth in the Linda Hall Library Newsletter... Tom Lehrer, American mathematician turned song-writer, was born Apr. 9, 1928. Lehrer studied at Harvard, but in the 1950s he began performing satirical songs that he had written,...
- Extrapolation Went Too Far
Of course this is unanswerable but I suggest that the field be narrowed to our own universe...the laws of physics as we understand them may not be the same everywhere in the universe. "Life beyond our universe: Physicists explore the possibility of...
- Hideki Yukawa And The Pi-meson
Fascinating realm of the discovery of elementary particles. Symmetry: Michiji Konuma, Professor Emeritus, Keio University: On November 1, 1934, Hideki Yukawa began to write the first draft of an article that would earn him the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics....