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| Saturday, November 27, 2004 |
Only at Caltech
I was in the gym today, sitting on a bench taking a break between reps with some dumbells, when this guy starts randomly talking to me. We got some new equipment in the gym, which included dumbells, and he made a comment about their "moment of intertia." I decided to ask him how that was different than the center of gravity, and a conversation was born.
Turns out this guy was the most recent Nobel Prize winner in physics, headed to accept his award in a couple weeks! He was very humble about it, as it was I who pryed the information out of him. I got the feeling it was refreshing for him to have a normal conversation with someone who had no idea who he was. I have to admit, it was tough to go back to "normal conversation" mode after learning of such news.
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