Particle Puzzler Gifts

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

Quantum Mechanics Mechanics working on Atoms

Spot the Higgs Boson competition

'I pledge allegiance to the atom, and to the periodic table on which it stands, many particles indivisible, with orbitals and electrons for all.'

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

"Just for fun today we could fire some eggs around."

"What if Newton came up with a different idea from a fallen apple."

"Quantum Physics"? How am I going to learn all of this stuff? A bit at a time?

Subatomic particles

"Of course you can't put your finger on it. It's a hypothetical particle."

Thinking and thinking backwards.

'There must be some way we can capitalize on that damn boson.'

Time, Temp, Today's Neutrino Mass

"Is there a God?"

Greatly enlarged view of newly discovered particle.

'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

'The hippiest dryads were often farouche.'

Are you aware? The Higgs Boson was thought to exist even through no one had seen it!

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

'That's from the last year the data was available.'

'We must construct our own large hadron collider so that we can obtain results that are consistent with our cultural heritage.'

The mysterious world of ligand substitution

'It's exploded! The wizard warned him to break it in gently.'

Dr. McPhee discovers the Embarrassment Particle.

The Big Four debate banking ethics

Bizarre sights.

Left and Right: Please be consistent.

Large Hadron Colliider-scope

'Take a look at this everyone - it just could be the signature we've been looking for.'

"Hang on - I've forgotten the question!"

"You know what your problem is? You think too much."

"So the year '2020' can also be written. . ."

Cartoon heading in the right direction.

"I knew it was unnatural to jump that high out of water."