David Potter in this month’s Physics World offers hope for us physicists [19 (8) p42] :
Back in the 19th century, studying classics was seen as good preparation for positions of leadership, but in the modern world I think physics is a wonderful training of the mind. It teaches you to apply rigour to modelling simple, even banal, problems like how an apple falls. That approach is extremely useful in business — in analysing and understanding how markets behave. Business gurus and consultants talk the fashion of the moment, which is often claptrap, so applying greater vigour is valuable. Theoretical physicists known well that out of every 10 ideas they have, nine are nonsense, even if they seem beautiful.
I hope to collect some more titbits like that over the next few weeks.
I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see -- because I do not happen to be a 'Somebody' -- why my blog should not be interesting. My only regret is that I did not commence it when I was a youth.
