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Don McMillan – Comedy for scientists

An evening pause: I wonder how many of my readers will get that last joke.

Hat tip Tom Biggar. And a great weekend to all.

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On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
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7 comments

  • sippin_bourbon

    Yep… I got it and before he put up the venn diagrams.
    I did have to explain it to my non-sciency wife.

  • John

    1%, baby! No I don’t have a life :(

  • Alex Andrite

    wait just a minute now …….

    where did the cat go ?
    or am I in the wrong class ?

    oh well …..

  • wayne

    The Big Bang Theory Se3 Ep18
    Sheldon Does Stand-up….
    https://youtu.be/XiSGsHT1vLo
    3:26

  • Peter Monta

    After the electron is pulled over by the cop, he is then at rest. Just saying.

  • Allan

    I had to look it up. I think since the electrons exact speed and location are known the unknown, his trajectory, goes to the limit of uncertainty and he has no idea where he is going.
    The laugh is always better when one gets a joke immediately.

  • wayne

    Allan–
    “The position and the velocity of an object cannot both be measured exactly, at the same time, even in theory.”

    Los Cuates de Sinaloa
    “Negro y Azul” (aka, The Heisenberg Song)
    https://youtu.be/MnmR6Sqh5NQ
    3:22

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