tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post8266774702605774804..comments2024-03-28T04:15:44.459-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: Conference observations so farDouglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-89382167605893503852009-10-17T17:24:11.350-05:002009-10-17T17:24:11.350-05:00All's well that ends well, they say, but not s...All's well that ends well, they say, but not so much in Science, methinks. <br /><br />A visitor from China recently (and innocently) told me that during her PhD, she smoothed out all features in her data that she did not think should've been there.<br /><br />I don't want to be judgmental here, but I have some reservations about Chinese science in general. Considering the enormous volume of work that is published, I wonder how much of that data is smoothed and unlikeable things ironed out.Charunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-12359464244259650362009-10-14T17:26:16.693-05:002009-10-14T17:26:16.693-05:00Sue, yes, that did make me laugh. I don't rea...Sue, yes, that did make me laugh. I don't really have much against comic sans, though I do think it's overused. I had a friend in grad school whose handwriting was exactly like it, though. Really. People used to think that her lecture note were typeset using a computer.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-910228623052224192009-10-14T12:38:28.744-05:002009-10-14T12:38:28.744-05:00This will make you laugh:
http://www.reallifeco...This will make you laugh: <br /><br />http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/091011.htmlSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342006510978512090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-67551501899161153542009-10-13T20:21:50.836-05:002009-10-13T20:21:50.836-05:00Doug wrote:
>I used to think that I was the onl...Doug wrote:<br />>I used to think that I was the only <br />>condensed matter physicist not <br />>working on graphene. Now I realize <br />>I'm the only condensed matter <br />>physicist not working on graphene, <br />>iron pnictide superconductors, or <br />>topological insulators. <br /><br />Speaking of which.... We are running a small workshop here at JHU in January. Topological insulators are one of the subjects. :)<br /><br />Info can be found here...<br />http://icamconferences.org/jhu2010/Peter Armitagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567089164372083820noreply@blogger.com