The symmetry challenge: Physics on a napkin
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| Photo: Reidar Hahn, Fermilab Drawings: Kurt Riesselmann, Fermilab |
We've all heard the stories of great ideas first scribbled down in a bar on any convenient surface, often a cocktail napkin. We've also heard many cases of colleagues in bars asked to describe just what it is they do. Lacking a whiteboard or chalkboard to draw on, the cocktail napkin comes to the rescue again.
So here's the challenge: Describe your own physics research in 60 seconds, along with a photo, scan, or the original of a cocktail napkin with whatever scrawlings help tell your story. The explanation can be in the form of a 60-second audio or video file or up to 200 words of text.
We'll send a prize to the clearest, most entertaining napkin and explanation, and show a selection of the best in symmetry.
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