RE: Who are you, and what do you do?
February 24, 2015 at 3:42 am
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2015 at 3:59 am by Alex K.)
Well, what can I say without spoiling my fiercely-protected (*) anonymity? So my name is indeed Alex, and I hail from the strange land of (south-western) Germany where I was born almost exactly roughly 30 years after the Republic herself. I have a typical German sense of humour, which is precision engineered to be 30% more efficient than the next leading brand. I've always had a fascination for science and technology, and count myself lucky that I could pursue uni studies in maths and physics, now with a degree and a PhD in theoretical physics (all education being free around here helps).
These days I work as a postdoctoral researcher on things like why does the goddamn Higgs boson do what it does, the stupid thing, why can't it do something more exciting? My wife is married to me. We have a few hamsters and were from time to time involved in a rescue shelter for hamsters. Next to calculating the scattering cross sections of elementary particles, I count high-speed Hamster sexing among my more formidable skillz (it's all in the distance between the two holes, in case you wondered. The hard part is turning them over without losing blood). As for other hobbies, I give public science lectures on astronomy and physics topics, do way too little amateur astronomy, and I'm a writer, with my first physics book (as co-author) hopefully coming out this year. I hope to extend my writing career further to lighter public science material once this humongous project is off my back. As far as passive hobbies go, I like listening to classical music in the widest sense, and brvtal metal stuff, and go to festivals and concerts when there's time and opportunity (which is not often enough). I also sing in a choir, mostly about Jesus, which probably annoys God more than me (*).
(*) not really
These days I work as a postdoctoral researcher on things like why does the goddamn Higgs boson do what it does, the stupid thing, why can't it do something more exciting? My wife is married to me. We have a few hamsters and were from time to time involved in a rescue shelter for hamsters. Next to calculating the scattering cross sections of elementary particles, I count high-speed Hamster sexing among my more formidable skillz (it's all in the distance between the two holes, in case you wondered. The hard part is turning them over without losing blood). As for other hobbies, I give public science lectures on astronomy and physics topics, do way too little amateur astronomy, and I'm a writer, with my first physics book (as co-author) hopefully coming out this year. I hope to extend my writing career further to lighter public science material once this humongous project is off my back. As far as passive hobbies go, I like listening to classical music in the widest sense, and brvtal metal stuff, and go to festivals and concerts when there's time and opportunity (which is not often enough). I also sing in a choir, mostly about Jesus, which probably annoys God more than me (*).
(*) not really
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
