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Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:03 pm
by Maia
Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).
Any others?
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:51 pm
by Sculptor
Maia wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:03 pm
Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).
Any others?
Rousseau's Dog.
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The front cover of a book showing Rousseau and Hume at opposite ends of a playing card as Knaves.
It was written 2014 and tells of Rousseau and his dog's visit to Britain spending much time exasperating David Hume.
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:53 pm
by Sculptor
Maia wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:03 pm
Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).
Any others?
Buridan's Ass
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The image shows an American Ass unable to decide upon Nicaragua and Panama.
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:31 pm
by Iwannaplato
Maia wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:03 pm
Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).
Any others?
Well, Stephen was hawking but I'm not sure he had any luck.
And then there's Brian's Cox.
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:38 pm
by attofishpi
Stephen Hawking and his cat that he aptly named Flush Gordon...after teaching it to think like a plumber in an attempt to prove information can be lost inside the toilet minds of people from ILP forum.
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:40 pm
by Iwannaplato
Joseph Swan
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:41 pm
by Iwannaplato
Johannes van der Waals
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:42 pm
by Iwannaplato
Stephen Wolfram the genetically modified hybrid
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:42 pm
by Iwannaplato
But there are also the gardners....
Vannevar Bush
Eva Ekeblad (oak leaf in Swedish)
Amedeo Avogadro (his father was drunk when he named him)
Kip Thorne
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:28 am
by vegetariantaxidermy
attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:38 pm
Stephen Hawking and his cat that he aptly named Flush Gordon...after teaching it to think like a plumber in an attempt to prove information can be lost inside the toilet minds of people from ILP forum.
No way is that Stephen Hawking's hands...
Re: Physicists and their famous pets
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:46 am
by attofishpi
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:28 am
attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:38 pm
Stephen Hawking and his cat that he aptly named Flush Gordon...after teaching it to think like a plumber in an attempt to prove information can be lost inside the toilet minds of people from ILP forum.
No way is that Stephen Hawking's hands...
That's right, it was when he got really ill and they decided to attach bionic hands. (the cat's a robot too)
