"Playfulness is one of their hallmarks, one always learns something in the process and, who knows, you may even hit the jackpot. Like now when they, with graphene, write themselves into the annals of science."
Congrats to the winners and especially to Konstantin Novoselov who is one of youngest to win a Nobel at age 36.
"Geim shared the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize with Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University, for levitating the frog. His award of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 made him the first person to win an Ig followed by the real version."
Badass. (Even if my physics past wants someone to win something big for work on silicates one day. Dammit, glasses are fascinating.)
Comments
I really liked this quote at the end of the press release
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2010/pr...
"Playfulness is one of their hallmarks, one always learns something in the process and, who knows, you may even hit the jackpot. Like now when they, with graphene, write themselves into the annals of science."
Congrats to the winners and especially to Konstantin Novoselov who is one of youngest to win a Nobel at age 36.
Geim's the guy who levitated the frog:
"Geim shared the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize with Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University, for levitating the frog. His award of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 made him the first person to win an Ig followed by the real version."
Badass. (Even if my physics past wants someone to win something big for work on silicates one day. Dammit, glasses are fascinating.)
Here is some more info and videos http://www.ru.nl/hfml/research/levitation/diamagnetic/