Traitors or missionaries Peter de Chatel New Mexico State University 26 July 2012 In the Lions Den Theoretical physicists in metallurgy String theorist seeks career as guitarist Is this high treason or spreading the Word to the uneducated ID: 365534
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Physicists in materials scienceTraitors or missionaries?
Peter de
Chatel
New Mexico State University
26 July 2012
In the Lion’s DenSlide2
Theoretical physicists in metallurgy?Slide3
String theorist seeks career as guitarist
Is this high treason, or spreading the Word to the uneducated?Slide4
Are there divisions in physics?
Theoretical
vs
Experimental?
Big physics
vs
Small physics?
The poles of the division:(pole: either of two opposite or contrasting extremes)High-energy physics Solid-state physicsseparate budgets (CERN, clever?) supported by industry (clever?)astronomy, philosophy chemistry, metallurgy theory of everything technological breakthrough Nobel prize MegaNobel
sponsoring
allies
goals
ambitionsSlide5Slide6Slide7
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineeringSlide8
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineering
The rest is engineering
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