tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post1524981753405969262..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: The next Einstein wont be BritishLucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-65593303282633934962009-05-20T04:13:00.000+12:002009-05-20T04:13:00.000+12:00Hi guys. I am British. But what squaredrive said i...Hi guys. I am British. But what squaredrive said is bang on. The fresh eyes are those of an outsider. I'm a computer science graduate with a lifelong interest in fundamental physics. The unified model came out of an analysis of mathematical terms. Until you know what things like E m and c and C actually represent, you're just shuffling the deck. See http://www.amazon.co.uk/RELATIVITY-Theory-Everything-John-Duffield/dp/0956097804. The reviews are by professional physicists. If you want to ask me anything go ahead.John Duffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867342924571644602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-34423026672400393772009-05-01T18:13:00.000+12:002009-05-01T18:13:00.000+12:00Falling science enrolments & graduate numbers ...Falling science enrolments & graduate numbers i more to do with the lack of (paying) jobs in the field that anything else. I've just farewelled 2 friends back to Europe for 1 to take up a job there - 7 years in physics here in NZ did not yield a permanent job for either, despite much hard slog and results (and in a 'fashionable' area of physics too).<br /><br />The Chinese students will learn in time. At the moment, they are keen to learn science to help build the nation, and because the small number of science grads have been gobbled up. Bigger numbers in a global recession will give a different long term trend.<br /><br />The next Einstein will probably be like the last - having to eke out a living in a semi-related job (at best) while doing their science as a hobby... sad, but increasingly true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-83591576733176915632009-04-30T16:47:00.000+12:002009-04-30T16:47:00.000+12:00Interesting. But I seem to recall Einstein saying ...Interesting. But I seem to recall Einstein saying that formal teaching had little to do with great discoveries in physics--that they were almost always 'intuitive leaps' and often utterly unrelated to the work at hand.<br />or perhaps that was just the way <I>his</I> mind worked.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.com