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NNadir

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3. I see the instrument is branded as "Fermi." Wouldn't Feynman been better?

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 04:12 PM

Jun 10

There's Room at the Bottom.

I first came across this prescient 1959 lecture in a Materials Science Textbook, about which I've forgotten.

Thanks for the cool post.

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Scientists Make World's Smallest Violin [View all] littlemissmartypants Jun 9 OP

"The violin, which is only an image at microscopic scale, cannot produce sound." Oopsie Daisy Jun 9 #1

and it's playing for all the whiny right wing. nt Javaman Jun 9 #2

I see the instrument is branded as "Fermi." Wouldn't Feynman been better? NNadir Jun 10 #3

My pleasure, NNadir. littlemissmartypants Jun 11 #4