Comments on: Win the Smallest Trophy Ever! http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John Ramsden http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-310064 John Ramsden Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:28:07 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-310064 Me again, sorry http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Score-Ken-Bray/dp/1862079889 Me again, sorry

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Score-Ken-Bray/dp/1862079889

]]> By: John Ramsden http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-310063 John Ramsden Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:24:56 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-310063 In case anyone is interested (parents of football fanatic kids with enquiring minds for example), a book on football science had a good review in a UK newspaper last weekend: "How to Score", Ken Bray, Granta, £7.99. I guess it's more about what they call "soccer" in the US than American football or baseball, but it may mention other games. In case anyone is interested (parents of football fanatic kids with enquiring minds for example), a book on football science had a good review in a UK newspaper last weekend: “How to Score”, Ken Bray, Granta, £7.99.

I guess it’s more about what they call “soccer” in the US than American football or baseball, but it may mention other games.

]]> By: Neil B. http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-309559 Neil B. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:12:35 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-309559 Hmmm. If I don't have an electron microscope, can I use one of those wacky near-field optical microscopes to see enough detail? What if I tried to cheat the uncertainly principle with a NFM for the "Heisenberg microscope" example, what would stop me? Hmmm. If I don’t have an electron microscope, can I use one of those wacky near-field optical microscopes to see enough detail? What if I tried to cheat the uncertainly principle with a NFM for the “Heisenberg microscope” example, what would stop me?

]]> By: John Baez http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-309523 John Baez Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:39:35 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/01/29/win-the-smallest-trophy-ever/#comment-309523 It's really just a fake: they'll give the winner an invisible speck of dust sealed in plastic. It’s really just a fake: they’ll give the winner an invisible speck of dust sealed in plastic.

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