A permanent exhibit on Albert Einstein is set to open in Bern, Switzerland. This is where Einstein had his miraculous year in 1905 while working in Bern at the Swiss Patent office.
Y'know, we have Hall of Fame all over the place. We have Tennis Hall of Fame, Baseball Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, etc... etc. Maybe, just maybe, it might be good to have Physics Hall of Fame! It's about time we honor physicists who have made significant impact in the history of human civilization. Of course, where would one build such a thing? How about in Sweden, home of the Nobel Prizes? Or maybe at the Cavendish Lab in England? What about at the venerable Bell Labs where practically most of our modern electronics came from? I dunno, and maybe, it isn't going to be such a major attraction to the general public ("Kids, where do you want to go for your vacation?" "Dad, let's go to the Physics Hall of Fame!"). Still, I think with the right attraction built into the facility (a superfast rollercoaster called the SUPERCURRENT that floats via magnetic levitation - see, I have this all planned!), we can use it to highlight why physics played a major role in shaping the world we have now.
Now... what do we do about a mascot?
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