Thursday 3 May 2007

Physics, Math and Comics

People around complain that Resonaances has become too serious. It has even been linked as "serious hep-ph" by one of my fellow bloggers. To be sincere, writing about particle theory is what i enjoy the most. But being taken seriously is the last thing i wish. So i have made a commitment of posting light articles once a week (twice a week during Lent). This is my first post under label Distraction.

Recently, i was told about xkcd and came to like it a lot. The site is run by Randall Munroe, a physicist and engineer from Virginia. Randall presents cheerful comics with lots of self-ironic reference to physics and math. I consider his artwork an excellent comment on this peculiar state of mind that develops here at CERN ;-)

This is my favourite:
I wonder why i like it...have i been acting strangely, recently?
This one, i believe, should make all bloggers smile

There is much more. Enjoy. New comics appear every week. If you're curious what xkcd stands for, here is the explanation.

1 comment:

Jack Dogg's Blog said...

If you like a medium like this, I might as well add that various ideas of a physics comic like book have already been made. Consider the following link on a comprehensive guide to physics that's already available for sale... http://www.lulu.com/content/5015730

As hard as it may be to believe, this is the first volume out of 4 that completely covers the exact equivalent amount of information you'd find in a college level textbook, but only with a comic book format. It's the most complete series available on the market today..