Discovering Your Inner Scientist

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Talk for the Bristol (UK) Festival of Ideas on similarities between everyday activities like crosswords, card games, and sports and the process of scientific discovery.

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R N H O I NT T B E AC U LE O R PP H O T O NS A

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http://www.sciencemag.org/content/328/5977/463.abstract

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R N H O I NT T B E AC U LE O R PP H O T O NS A

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R N H O I NT T B E AC U LE O R PP H O T O NS A

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Q U A N T U M M E C H A N I C S

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Quantum Bidding in Bridge

Physical Review X 4, 021047 – Published 12 June 2014

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Credit: Laurie Hatch/ W. M. Keck Observatory

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Images: Becky Koopmann

NGC 2090

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(Rubin et al 1978 ApJ 225 L107)

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Begeman et al., 1991, M. N. R. A. S., 249, 523 http://bustard.phys.nd.edu/Phys171/lectures/dm.html

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Ordinary Matter

Dark Matter

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“Fussball ist wie Schach, nur ohne Würfel.” – Lukas Podolski

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“Football is like chess, without the dice.” – Lukas Podolski

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“Football is like chess, without the dice.” – Jan Böhmermann spoofing Lukas Podolski

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Bradley Ormesher/ The Times

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Via headlinesamerica.com

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1 second = 9,192,631,770 oscillationsof light from 133Cs ground-state hyperfine

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1.0000000000000000 ± 0.0000000000000001 s

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Adapted from C.W. Chou, et al., Science 329, 1630 (2010);

100,000,000,000,000,000 “ticks”

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