tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post2501238770787442550..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Steven Chu ResignsZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-48285053897463066782013-02-06T11:17:43.291-06:002013-02-06T11:17:43.291-06:00I have no expertise to say anything relevant about...I have no expertise to say anything relevant about the accomplishments of Steven Chu as a Secretary of Energy but from a French perspective I wonder if this "Quantum Hero" (of Bose-Einstein condensation) had not a hidden agenda behind resignation ;-) ... like having more time to settle the controversy with another "Quantum Hero" (Claude Cohen-Tannoudji) over matter-wave interferometry and (pseudo)Compton "atom-clocks" ? cbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349828290008437401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-12872630305396657102013-02-06T00:25:59.360-06:002013-02-06T00:25:59.360-06:00At least in my part of the DOE (a NNSA lab) it see...At least in my part of the DOE (a NNSA lab) it seems few people had positive feelings for Chu. There seemed to a lot of hope when Chu started that he would take on the administrative and regulatory bloat at the Labs. Instead things have only gotten worse.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191470831070457517noreply@blogger.com