Physicist Gifts

1715: Newton discovers gravel.

"All I'm saying is now is the time to develop the technology to deflect an asteroid."

'I forgot the question.'

'And you're quite sure it's just a hypothetical cat?'

Astrophysics made simple.

Cambridge, 1953. Shortly before discovering the structure of DNA, Watson and Crick, depressed by their lack of progress, visit the local pub.

'Quarks, neturinos, mesons. All those damn particles you can't see. That's what drove me to drink. But now i can see them!'

E=mc2 on mountaintop.

The Universe Before the Big Bang (Actual Size).

Four olives and a toothpick on Newton's Cradle.

' Nuclear power'

"It looks as if Bodecker's project has gotten completely out of hand."

'My research cover two fields: the behavior of matter under high pressure, and the behavior of scientists under high pressure.'

Complexity Made Simple.

'Alright, alright, you've won your bet: You can lift me with one hand...'

"At the moment I'm torn between the emotionally rewarding but poorly resourced role of a social worker or a more intellectualy rigorous career in quantum physics."

Before the linear accelerator.

Chaos Theory Conference.

Man rolling ball up a hill

'Fred, rumor has it you're closing in on some profound, elemental truth about the universe, and I wanted to remind you that our research funding specifically prohibits that!'

'Oh no. More lab results.'

'I'm afraid the numbers don't lie Norton, we're definitely nerds.'

"I'm warning you, Perkins, your flagrant disregard for the laws of physics will not be tolerated!"

'It was either an earthquake or another paradigm shift.'

Entropy Seminar.

Quantum Mechanics.

Einstein discovers that time can stop completely.

"At least with math and physics you sometimes find the answer."

'You're late!'

Dept of Entropy.

'At least with math and physics you sometimes find the answer.'

'The Big Bang theory of creation.'

Einstein Ponders the Mysteries of Space and Time

'Remember, Stevens, things are rarely what they appear to be.'

"Or research has proved that the chicken came not just before the egg, but before anything else in the known universe."