Higher and Deeper

You now that there is something wrong with you when see todays Phd Comic and you realize you were planning to do the exact same thing today.

Overheard

Overheard conversation at the lunch counter #42:

"Last week, there were all these people around who had formulas named after them"

Kristian Mølhave's Wikibook

Kristian Molhave started a wikibook about science shows. This is something that should have been done a long time ago, and I am very happy to see that it has been done now.

The book is a bit empty at the moment, but given the amount of content in the danish version I am sure this one will fill up soon as well.

Book

I just got my hands on a copy of Jo Hermans' book "Can you see better in the dark?" He was kind enough to give it a handwritten dedication: "That it may inspire"

I'll be reviewing Jo's book as soon as I finish the one I'm reading now, which is about Einstein and his letters to children around the world.

Beamsplitter Attack

I attended a talk yesterday about quantum cryptography protocols. Halfway through the talk the speaker mentioned that some of them were vulnerable to what he called 'beamsplitter attacks'.

All I could think of after that was an immage of a guy looking fiercely, brandishing a beamsplitter, yelling "BEAMSPLITTER ATTACK!"

For some reason, that kind of ruined the talk.