Troy Hurtubise, whose early fame came from his quest to build a suit of armor that would protect him against grizzly bears — a years-long effort that was documented in the film Project Grizzly, and which led to Troy being awarded the 1998 Ig Nobel Prize in the field of safety engineering, and who has had […]
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Scary-Sounding Physics Idea, Repulsed
If you like your physics scary-sounding, freighted with impressive phrases and ultimately reassuring, dink deep from this study: “Ruling Out Bosonic Repulsive Dark Matter,” Zachary Slepian and Jeremy Goodman, arXiv:1109.3844v1, September 18, 2011. The authors explain: “We develop the model first proposed by Goodman (2000) and derive the equation of state at finite temperature. Isothermal […]