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Some people actually enjoy stories about humans as much as description of scientific theories. The two aren’t incompatible and for those like me, this article w
by bsaul 6y ago
Some people actually enjoy stories about humans as much as description of scientific theories. The two aren’t incompatible and for those like me, this article was very enjoyable.
- ssivark 6y agoFair, but the former kind seems to have taken over almost all of contemporary "longform" writings, and that imbalance is exhausting when you're going in with the goal of understanding the ideas.
- 8bitsrule 6y agoAs a student of Einstein's long history with the quantum questions, (and of his generosity) I really enjoyed the human nuances in this article. Often, the history is at least as interesting as the results. Another seldom-raised but interesting topic is electron-capture. (An electrically neutral atom absorbs one of its own inner electrons, changing a proton to a neutron; first observed by Luis Alvarez in the 1930s.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_capture