Fine Structure

November 2007 Link Archives

Uncertain Principles

Single-electron interference has always been one of the more fascinating topics to read about. Chad's article expands on this post from Cocktail Party Physics which I haven't quite finished reading yet.

The Goldstone Theorem

Although this for-real-dummies post includes phrases like "...we have managed to put together a lagrangian which is invariant for phase transformations of the complex scalar field" it breaks down some difficult terminology (like Lagrangian density and scalar fields) rather well.

Higgs 101

History of the Higgs, let me introduce you to Regular People. Regular People, this is History of the Higgs.

STIX Fonts

A math-and-science based font with more glyphs than you can shake a stick at.

Martian Colors

This is really fascinating stuff: synesthetes see colors strongly associated with numbers. Some colorblind synesthetes can only see colors through the numbers that are associated with them!