Everyday Scientist Pillows

Physics in everyday life...

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

The Jeopardy of Progress

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

"This is a lovely old song that tells of a young woman who leaves her cottage, and goes off to work. She arrives at her destination, and places some solid NHHS in a flask containing 0.50 atm ofammonia, and attempts to determine the pressures of ammonia and hydrogen sulide when equilibrium is reached."

"My older self travels back just to remind me to put the cap back on this pen?"

"They say it takes 10,000 hours to perfect something- I guess I was a bit hasty throwing that together in 144."

"And when the canyon fills up, that's it; herd immunity."

2021

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

'It's a nice idea. A bit rough around the edges but I'm sure it will evolve given time.'

Circa 1928, The Reese's Candy laboratory.

Rocket Launch Control Centre Back in 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

'What motivated you to become a environmentalist?'

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

"We've made great progress!"

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

'Einstein, the children are getting too complex for me.'

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

"Finally, after years of work, irrefutable proof that I'm a nerd."

In his younger days Spock was quite the comedian.

Fear/Knowledge

Typical Brain Versus Einstein's Brain

"It does have a side effect. You'll faint when I tell you how much it will cost to produce."

"We're bringing the arts and sciences together here by giving crayons to mice."

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

'No Renee, not until you get two degrees, pass a rigorous physical, and beat out thousands of other qualified individuals.'

'The creative process works best with a relaxed brain, so I'm letting my mind wander to let a solution drift in.'

vaccine wars.

On August 14, 2011 at app. 2:00 p, Derek Winslow made scientific history by converting an item of the animal kingdom into an item of the plant kingdom.

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

'The church says the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round for I have seen the shadow on the Moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.'

"Our light bill is astronomical living next to a black hole."