Comments on: Physics Geeks: I dare you to get this tattooed on your back! http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: charisse l'pree http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-162923 charisse l'pree Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:46:12 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-162923 bio geeks: i'm a big fan of the axis vertebre. it allows you to move your head left to right... ah, what would we do without you? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=32508448&l=8295006dc3&id=3436178 bio geeks: i’m a big fan of the axis vertebre. it allows you to move your head left to right… ah, what would we do without you?

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]]> By: kyle http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-159772 kyle Thu, 28 May 2009 22:39:25 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-159772 there is only one typo i found. There is a missing minus sign in the second term of the second equation. But seriously. I'm a condensed matter guy and even i think the BO approx isn't worth a tattoo. I mean Bloch's theorem, Fermi liquid theory, BCS... there are so many profound pieces of physics in condensed matter. But "the atoms are heavy" isn't really profound. there is only one typo i found. There is a missing minus sign in the second term of the second equation. But seriously. I’m a condensed matter guy and even i think the BO approx isn’t worth a tattoo. I mean Bloch’s theorem, Fermi liquid theory, BCS… there are so many profound pieces of physics in condensed matter. But “the atoms are heavy” isn’t really profound.

]]> By: big sur real estate http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-159570 big sur real estate Thu, 28 May 2009 03:14:05 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-159570 I love the nerd ink. I love the nerd ink.

]]> By: Jenni http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-159519 Jenni Wed, 27 May 2009 22:10:02 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-159519 Love it! Love it!

]]> By: surfwhales http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-159467 surfwhales Wed, 27 May 2009 16:03:37 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-159467 not to be nitpicky, but the first line actually contains no approximation and is the full Hamiltonian for the system. it's the second line, where one assumes that you can separate the motion of the electrons (which are moving fast) from the motion of the nucleons (which are moving slow compared to the electrons), that the Born Oppenheimer approximation comes into play. not to be nitpicky, but the first line actually contains no approximation and is the full Hamiltonian for the system. it’s the second line, where one assumes that you can separate the motion of the electrons (which are moving fast) from the motion of the nucleons (which are moving slow compared to the electrons), that the Born Oppenheimer approximation comes into play.

]]> By: Andy Fitzsimon http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-159398 Andy Fitzsimon Wed, 27 May 2009 06:33:41 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-159398 I have nothing but respect for that man. Wonder how many musicians have their favourite songs on their back? I have nothing but respect for that man.
Wonder how many musicians have their favourite songs on their back?

]]> By: Siji http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-159394 Siji Wed, 27 May 2009 05:19:44 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-159394 Pfft, i'd have gone with one of Maxwell's equations, or Newton's. Not too obscure, but not too mainstream either. Plus, people from different disciplines would be able to recognise it. I'm an engineering major and i have only a vague idea who Born or Oppenheimer are, talk less of their equations Pfft, i’d have gone with one of Maxwell’s equations, or Newton’s. Not too obscure, but not too mainstream either. Plus, people from different disciplines would be able to recognise it. I’m an engineering major and i have only a vague idea who Born or Oppenheimer are, talk less of their equations

]]> By: Bob Thomas Deloyd http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/25/physics-geeks-i-dare-you-to-get-this-tattooed-on-your-back/#comment-159322 Bob Thomas Deloyd Tue, 26 May 2009 18:04:58 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13608#comment-159322 I'd go with something smaller like E=MC2! At least the tattooist putting it on my back would probably get it right. Was this checked for errors? //bob I’d go with something smaller like E=MC2! At least the tattooist putting it on my back would probably get it right.
Was this checked for errors?
//bob

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