I just had an idea for a future empire

[TCO]

Hate Lisa? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Randall

Or just Lubos?

[TCO]

come up with something cool and theoretical, but that affects the normal chemical electronic world, Kittie. Like quantum hall effect or BCS or photoelectric effect.

[TCO]

What's your take on these hojos?

http://www.thetroublewithphysics.com/

http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/

Do you keep up with their blogs and such?

[Dinner]

Firefly didn't last very long as a series.

[TCO]

IO know you are just going on topic to annoy me.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by TCO
Hate Lisa? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Randall

Or just Lubos?

Lisa is full of herself and published a book for the general public. That means she is no longer a serious physicist.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by TCO
What's your take on these hojos?

http://www.thetroublewithphysics.com/

http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/

Do you keep up with their blogs and such?

Hell no. Don't keep up with Lubos either.

[Ben Kenobi]

[TCO]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Lisa is full of herself and published a book for the general public. That means she is no longer a serious physicist.

Hawking? Einstein?

[KrazyHorse]

Hawking hasn't done **** since the 70s. Einstein was irrelevant as a developer of new physics from about 1930 on.

[TCO]

Do you think Randall got a benefit from being a woman or was her initial fame, purely deserved?

[KrazyHorse]

Initial fame purely deserved. But since then...

I worked with one of her recently former graduate students. Was not impressed.

[Jon Miller]

Feynman is the only possibility that I can think of? I don't know when he published his books.

Gates is definitely smart, but hsan't done anything for a couple decades either.

JM

[KrazyHorse]

When was his first book?

[TCO]

I think Einstein wrote his popular book in 1917. And Hawking also wrote popular books while still doing serious work. No?