First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)

[JuliaL]

Vell, ve can't all be der virst violinists in der orkestra.
Some ov us gots to push der vind tru der tuba!

After 6 years of medical practice, I thought it might be amusing to take a course in ethics as distribution credits towards an engineering degree.
It was fun, but I wasn't impressed with the rigor.
Math isn't as flexible.  But when it's right it's right.

BTW, is there a 'Particle physics math for dummies?"
I did well in the engineering math courses, though it's been a while.

I strongly disagree with the idea that math isn't poetic. I find the crystalline elegance with which it describes many things, to be among the most poetic things I know.


Concerning particle maths for dummies, when my field theory text book comes out this fall (which is aimed at advanced undergrad and beginning grad students) I have actually considered doing something like that - kind of a popular science book with extra maths sections.

I think, if you check carefully, that I wrote, not that math wasn't poetic, but that it wasn't as flexible.
(don't you love quick editing?)

In your writing, please do address the greater audience.
I'm sure you'll have no lack of volunteers to check for comprehensibility (raises and waves hand with enthusiasm.)