This post addresses a complaint I often hear and read about: namely that some physics professors, after a certain stage of their careers, no longer do calculations themselves (if they are theorists), or actually spend time in the laboratory tinkering with the apparatus (if they are experimentalists). Instead of performing any practical work, they become managers of students and postdocs and collaborations, overseeing the work of those who carry out the actual scientific labor

This post is about the necessity and advantages of academic travel. Before I enumerate them, a few images from Darmstadt where I visited the Technical University. The Wedding Tower A Russian church in the Waldspirale - no two windows (Hochzeitsturm) - a major Vortex Garten. are the same. attraction in Darmstadt. Background Some colleagues travel during the semester while they are teaching courses. They maint

This post is a review of the book Antimatter: What it is and why is it important in Physics and Everyday life by Beatriz Gato-Rivera. I had been looking for a book on the topic for a while and I found it displayed at the workshop I am attending in Spain. Then I was able to access it online. Before I start the review, some photos I took of the village of Benasque. A road in the village From across the river At the conference This is