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A universe filled with extra dimensions
‘The physics of extra dimensions is a revolution in the making. If the extra dimensions exist, the visible universe is just a slice. The rest is terra incognita.‘― Joseph Lykken
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Not Polite
‘Unfortunately I don’t issue visas from Switzerland, so I cannot stop you coming.‘― Wolfgang Pauli answering Stanley Deser who wanted to come and visit him
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Long Live the New Theory of Einstein!
‘The old theory of Einstein is dead. Long live the new theory of Einstein.‘― Wolfgang Pauli
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Discover the Unique Pont de Claies in Vresse-sur-Semois
We went for a weekend to Vresse-sur-Semois. We rented a house with a group of friends and spent time catching up and going for a day hike. The village is close to the French border and nearby Rochehaut is probably better known. As the name suggests the village lies next to the river Semois. So one of the popular things to do is to rent a kayak and paddle downstream for some kilometers. There are many places along the river where you can get a kayak and typically you then can take a ride back to the starting point in…
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My Running Journey: From Gaps to Goals
After many years of not running I got back into it during the first covid wave (not much else to do). But then, as activity resumed again I lost the rhythm once more in 2022 and 2023. I kept on running but with gaps here and there and a too low weekly frequency. So last year in 2024 as I turned 55 I decided to put as a minimum goal to run 55 times and run at least once a week. A mild target but because we had really terrible weather to my taste this winter with a lot of…
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Priorities
‘In our civilisation the most important decisions are selecting one’s marriage partner and choosing one’s career.‘― Theodor Kaluza
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The Tesseract: Origin, Meaning, and Its Marvel Connection
I first heard of the term Tesseract in the movie Captain America: The First Avenger. The Tesseract is also called the cube in the movie and it contains the space stone, one of the six infinity stones. In the movie The Avengers it is used to create a wormhole to allow the Chitauri to invade New York. For more about the tesseract in the Marvel Universe, see their fandom article. Only recently did I read that Tesseract is a term coined by Charles Howard Hinton in the nineteenth century for a four-dimensional hypercube. At the time there was a lot…
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Understanding the Gap Between Try and Triumph
‘The difference between try and triumph is a little ump.‘― Anonymous
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