I use Dyson’s calculations for the excited state of Samarium to the 150 level when tuning my lawn mower. It gives it an excellent cutting resolution beyond steady state.
5:59 ‘I find that the experimental tools are just as marvellous as the theory…’ the pincer movement on reality - same in navigation by sextant and almanacs - ‘height calculated - height observed’.😊
I use Dyson’s calculations for the excited state of Samarium to the 150 level when tuning my lawn mower. It gives it an excellent cutting resolution beyond steady state.
Dyson is an amazing storyteller, even when he is talking about dry, technical stuff. His passion is contagious.
The brilliant mind that inspires me always when I hear him talk.
I keep expecting Bradey Haran to ask some pointed question.
The paper mentioned is by Dabour and Dyson, The Oklo bound on the time variation of the fine structure constant revisited, 1996
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321396004671?via%3Dihub
Thanks!
5:59
‘I find that the experimental tools are just as marvellous as the theory…’ the pincer movement on reality - same in navigation by sextant and almanacs - ‘height calculated - height observed’.😊
Curious till d last breath.
Samarium-149 is not so nice when you are trying to start up a reactor at the end of its fuel cycle!
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Very interesting and worthwhile video.
wow
Accidental? Hardly.
Didn't help him make reliable vacuums, did it?