Blog of the Isotopes

All about nuclear physics - research, news and comment. The author is Prof Paul Stevenson - a researcher in nuclear physics in the UK. Sometimes the posts are a little tangential to nuclear physics.

Monday, 30 January 2012

The Elsevier Backlash

›

For some time there has been disquiet in the academic community about the publishing model of many scholarly journals. The issue is basical...

9 comments:

Friday, 27 January 2012

Overreaction over evacuation

›

According to a story in today's Independent it was the spine-chilling fear of an abandoned Tokyo that persuaded the Prime Minister to s...

Monday, 16 January 2012

I Melt the Glass with my Forehead

›

I've spent some time this evening watching a documentary with the estimable title "I melt the glass with my forehead" . It...

2 comments:

Stuff and Things

›

Part of doing research involves telling other scientists about your research. A standard way of doing this is to write journal articles. T...

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Imposter Syndrome

›

Ever felt like you're not really competent to do hard physics things? Like someone is soon going to find you out? It turns out to be a...

1 comment:

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Airtrack

›

A tweet this morning reminded me about a new rail scheme which would have made travel to and from Heathrow much easier for lots of people -...

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Dissipation and Ruin

›

It's the annual Department Christmas lunch today, from 12 noon 'til 2pm. Based on previous experience, I blocked out the afternoon ...

1 comment:

‹

›

Home

View web version

About Me

Blog of the Isotopes

View my complete profile