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The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - cbelt3 - 11-15-2013
http://www.althofer.de/random-lego-structures.pdf
PDF warning.
What happens when you mix scientists , Legos, a washing machine , a party , and probably alcohol .
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - davester - 11-15-2013
Was this published in JIR? I've seen a number of similar papers published there.
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - eustacetilley - 11-15-2013
On the Urey-Miller experiment:
"He added heat, stirring, lightnings; the result after a week was a soup with lots of amino acids, the building blocks of terrestrial life ."
(They're going to need a bigger washing machine...)
Eustace
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - mrlynn - 11-15-2013
Sending this right off to our daughter's Lego-fanatic boys and scientist parents!
/Mr Lynn
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - Speedy - 11-15-2013
Time to quit folding and start running my washing machine.
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - cbelt3 - 11-15-2013
And here's the other referenced paper in my sister's email. More of a plea from a frustrated undergrad, and NSF Kids (language)
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/hall.html
Snippet:
Conclusion
Going into physics was the biggest mistake of my life. I should've declared CS. I still wouldn't have any women, but at least I'd be rolling in cash.
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - digby - 11-17-2013
Loved it, but what's CS?
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - JoeH - 11-17-2013
digby wrote:
Loved it, but what's CS?
Computer Science
Re: The Best Science Paper Ever !!! - digby - 11-18-2013
JoeH wrote:
[quote=digby]
Loved it, but what's CS?
Computer Science Thanks! I was wondering if I was crazy to keep refreshing this for days...