Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Tool Box

IT'S EVERYWHERE! I don't know how it's happened, but EVERY astronomer EVERYWHERE at some point will reference their 'astronomy tool box.' And yes, I believe I now have the credentials to make this statement, being a world traveling astronomer myself now.(And so modest too)

"I'll talk about the tools in our molecular line spectroscopy tool box." says my German adviser today in a talk. It was like a sucker punch to the stomach. I was helpless as I flashed back to Spectroscopy class and 'back of the envelope calculations', to 'chocolate' in Observations I, to memorizing all the important astronomy constants (h=6.626068x10^-34 m^2 kg s^-1, k=1.3806503x10^-23 m^2 kg s^-2 K^-1, sigma=5.67x10^-8 W m^-2 K^-4, G=6.67x10^-11 m^3 kg^-1 s^-2, etc etc) in Astrophysics 1 that every self respecting astronomer has in their freaking tool box.

It's a world-wide phenomena. And a conspiracy.

1 comment:

  1. When did you learn to speak Japanes, Or were you having a seizure while typing?.......I have No clue to what you just said.
    Your Loving Dumba MOM
    PS...Tho It does sound and look very smart.

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