We are made of stars

[amberdreams]

Calling any quantum physicists amongst you! 

I was listening to Brian Cox on the radio this morning, talking about his new book.  And he was saying again about how everything is made up of these tiny particles, which each can be simultaneously anywhere in the universe from one moment to the next.  Which is, you know, bloody marvelous and exciting.  BUT - can someone please explain to me if that is the case, how does anything have any form or stability?  How do these ever moving particles come together and make a rock or a tree or something as amazing and complicated as a person?  If everything is always in motion, how to we hold it together for long enough to have a single coherent thought?

Bloody physics. It blows my mind!

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[heavenli24.livejournal.com]

Lol - one of my A level physics teachers didn't even know what he was teaching (he was a lovely man, but not a great teacher)... he would come to the lesson, then realise he'd left the textbook in the staff room, so would disappear for 15 minutes to go and get it. Then when he came back, he would have to go through the chapter in class to figure out what he needed to teach that day, and then fumble through the next hour without really knowing what he was talking about... I ended up teaching myself most of it :P.

P.S. Completely unrelated topic, but I just saw on your LJ page that you're going to JIB next year... I got a Demon Pass, so I'll be heading there too :D. It's my first con though, so I don't know anybody yet (I've only been part of the fandom since last September) :P.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Hey there!

My husband is a huge fan (if that's the right word) of Prof Cox and so I've ended up watching a of of his programmes through my husband and I have to say, I left school thinking I hated physics, but he makes it fascinating! I don't pretend to understand some of it, but it's really interesting to listen to what he says and his infectious passion for the subject, and I've learned a great deal :)

Yes, I am going to JIB this year, it's my first time and I guess you sussed from my Lj comment, I'm just a little bit excited. I've been around the fandom about two years, but got into the con scene more recently and absolutely love it. I've made friends who I know will stay with me for life, even when Supernatural is just a distant memory!

Maybe we can catch up there!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'll be at JIB too - ha! You can explain it all in person to us then LOL! I've been to Rome the last 2 years and it is the best con so if you are starting there, you'll be spoiled! It's fairly chaotic and lots of queuing but you will meet loads of people and have a great time nonetheless.

Seriously, do keep in touch with us - I know Dizzo in real life now thanks to meeting at Asylums and there is a bunch of us going to Rome!

My chemistry O level teacher was very entertaining, he'd leap around the class like a mad thing, but my physics teacher was awful (I dropped that subject before O level because I'd learned nothing from him apart from something about focal lengths maybe??)