Comments on: Particle physics zine.

Particle physics zine.

Gyan — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:40:19 -0800

Symmetry magazine.

By: Gyan

Gyan — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:40:36 -0800

From the About page --- symmetry is a magazine about particle physics and its connections to other aspects of life and science, from interdisciplinary collaborations to policy to culture. It is published 10 times per year by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, both national laboratories funded by the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy. The magazine is published in print and electronic editions, and anybody can subscribe free of charge through our subscription form. --- All issues are archived online and freely accessible.

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:49:21 -0800

Why have particle physicists lowered the temperature on a new accelerator? How cold will the International Linear Collider be? I was wondering that just this afternoon.

By: apathy0o0

apathy0o0 — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:40:35 -0800

Awesome. The cool part is that I've finally taken enough physics courses that many of the interviews make sense. I also thought this article was pretty good, and explained the title well also.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 03:34:55 -0800

What an asymetrical website. I feel tricked.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 03:35:37 -0800

...I spelled it right, really.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:47:53 -0800

I'll bet they know their material forwards and backwards.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:48:58 -0800

Great! (See, kiddies, if you have a really good link you don't need paragraphs of explanation or a shitload of scraped-together "supporting" links. This is a top-notch MeFi post.)

By: funkbrain

funkbrain — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:25:12 -0800

Gyan, thanks for posting this. I'd like to point out that you can subscribe to the print edition at no cost. The two issues out so far are beautiful. (FYI US taxpayers support the magazine, by way of the DOE Office of Science).

By: funkbrain

funkbrain — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:35:05 -0800

Also, y'all might like the CERN courier, which is to the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) as Symmetry magazine is to SLAC and Fermilab. (Though to be fair, the articles of the CERN courier tend to be more technical in nature than those of Symmetry magazine.)

By: Gyan

Gyan — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:56:34 -0800

No offence, funkbrain, but you might want to read the existing comments, from the top, before posting.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:21:06 -0800

...and that means—as Frank Wilczek has put it—the answer to the question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" would simply be that "nothing" is unstable. I like that.