[ RadSafe ] Biologists, Chemists, Physicists and Mathematicians

[John R Johnson]

Well said Bill

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Prestwich" <prestwic at mcmaster.ca>
To: "'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List'" 
<radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Biologists, Chemists, Physicists and Mathematicians


>I have always thought the chemistry is the physics of smelly things, 
>biology
> is the physics of wriggly things, geology is the physics of very still
> things-most of the time, and astronomy is the physics of great balls of
> fire.
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of McCarty, Mike 
> (DNRE)
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:33 AM
> To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Biologists, Chemists, Physicists and 
> Mathematicians
>
> To see this progression in a graphical format go to:
>
> http://xkcd.com/435/
>
> This is from the same artist that provided the radiation dose chart that 
> was
> useful to some in explaining the scale of radiation events:
>
> http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png
>
> Mike McCarty
> Physicist
> Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
> Radiological Protection Laboratory
> 815 Filley Street
> Lansing, Michigan 48906
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Nielsen.Erik at epamail.epa.gov
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:55 PM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Biologists, Chemists, Physicists and Mathematicians
>
> At first there was biology,
> Until biology could be explained by chemistry.
> Then chemistry ruled,
> Until chemistry could be explained by physics.
> Then physics ruled,
> Until physics could be explained with mathematics.
>
> I would advise my children to study mathematics.
>
> Erik C. Nielsen
> Health Physicist
> USEPA, National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
> 540 South Morris Ave.
> Montgomery, AL 36115
> Phone 334-270-3475
> Fax 334-270-3454
>
> "The sun formed 4.5 billion years ago, but it's got 6 billion more before
> the fuel runs out. Any creatures witnessing the sun's demise 6 billion
> years hence, here on Earth or beyond, won't be human - they'll be as
> different from us as we are from bacteria."
> Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, President of the Royal Society of
> London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.
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