On Jul 9, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Dan Minette wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship >> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:00 PM >> To: Killer Bs Discussion >> Subject: quark quark quark >> >> Scientists at west suburban Fermilab have discovered an odd new >> subatomic particle that's kind of like a triple-scoop ice cream cone. >> >> It consists of three smaller particles called quarks. Each quark has >> a distinct property -- the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors, >> if you will. > > This is really a melancholy news item for me. I was at Fermilab > when it was > at the forefront of new discoveries...I think both truth and beauty > (top and > bottom) quarks were found there. This discovery is basically > backwater > physics. We've known about the down, strange, and beauty (bottom) > quarks > for over 25 years, and no-one ever thought that all three shouldn't be > produced in a reaction to form cascade-b. It's sad that Fermilab > is reduced > to announcements like this.
But at least the subject reminded us of Calvin and Hobbes. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
