"If you have fifteen digits, you just might find something interesting."
Jan Hall, the father of my brother in-law, Thomas, was just awarded 25 percent of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. He didn't get to hang out with Harold Pinter, who won the Literature prize the same evening, because they belong to different gangs.He was awarded the medal by King Gustav, and earlier gave a speech with the aid of a PowerBook. While the lecture did not leave me on the edge of my seat, it did reaffirm my belief that physicists and scientists in general are safe to roam our streets and shouldn't be persecuted by the government.
At one point the audience laughed for no discernible reason. I like to think that he slipped a note to his Swedish translator to say, "my in-laws are all morons."
We are very proud of him.
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by Marty Barrett at Monday, December 12, 2005
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