tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post7549216847310850313..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Unfortunate AcronymZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-85034746343295002152008-05-01T15:54:00.000-05:002008-05-01T15:54:00.000-05:00Haha that is rather funny. I am sure who ever thou...Haha that is rather funny. I am sure who ever thought it up did not know about the derogatory-side to the word. I doubt that it is in any standard dictionary.<BR/><BR/>I work at the Institute Laue-Langevin who's acronym is "ILL" (usually pronounced I-L-L ). There were talks of getting some merchandise made but someone joked that walking around with "ILL" on your hat might induce strange looks & make people avoid you.Kent Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883931195606774116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-12669726969767486032008-04-08T15:33:00.000-05:002008-04-08T15:33:00.000-05:00Naming of things in physics is a much overlooked p...Naming of things in physics is a much overlooked part of the process but vital to the communication exercise. Scientists could probably get a lot more funding for their work if they named things better, I'd suggest. We had a piece about this topic in symmetry back in its early days. http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000087Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822384650419759540noreply@blogger.com