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MacGyver Physics
counterfriction writes "This month's issue of Symmetry, a magazine jointly published by SLAC and Fermilab, is featuring an article that points out the sometimes extemporaneous and unconventional solutions physicists have come up with in (and out of) the laboratory. From the article: 'Leon Lederman ... used a pocket knife, tape, and items on anyone's grocery list to confirm that interactions involving the weak force do now show perfect mirror symmetry, or parity, as scientists had long assumed.'"
to confirm that interactions involving the weak force do now show perfect mirror symmetry, or parity,
As compared to last week, when they didn't.
-- Alastair
...chewing gum wrapper?! Everybody knows that MacGuyver would use a chewing gum wrapper!
Isn't about time some one confirmed the cat, box and pistol experiment? Schrödinger Cat has been living on borrowed time long enough.
I once used spaghetti, vaseline, plastic wrap, and an ovaltine jar to make a synthetic pussy. But you don't see me bragging about it.
The real trick is to do it with duct tape and baling wire.
Patty & Selma: "Love me, love MacGyver."
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Dear MacGyver-
Enclosed is a rubber band, a paper clip, and a drinking straw. Please save my dog.
I always knew it was MacGyver physics that made the Stargate work!
http://twitter.com/OLDTELEGRAM
Alright, I couldn't resist. SOMEBODY had to do it.
(warning: rated PG-13)
Episode 1
Episode 2
...when something like this is modded "informative"...
Tells you something about the audience.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
They didn't destroy the work of a person, they destroyed the work of a graduate student. There's a difference.
"Without the Swiss Army Knife, we would've been hopeless," Lederman said. "That was our primary tool."
After which he developed the now famous Lederman tool.