"The Einstein Box" finally built! 80 years after its' conception.


	"The Einstein Box" finally built! 80 years after its' conception.

lordthor

3-16-2007 10:50 AM

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light, science, physics

lordthor says:

Einstein would be pleased

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3-16-2007 1:21 PM

bignosemousie

But as soon as you see a photon, it dies, for its contact with the retina expends the energy that made it exist.

Awesome.

3-16-2007 1:47 PM

maedko

"after its' conception." that apostrophe made me cringe. the most atrocious of grammar mistakes...

3-16-2007 2:33 PM

Cielerella

maedko
"after its' conception." that apostrophe made me cringe. the most atrocious of grammar mistakes...
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THAT'S the most atrocious of grammar mistakes???
I'd say not using a capital letter at the beginning of sentences and after periods is worse...
But hey...comments like yours make me cringe even if there are no typos in them.

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