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What others on the Web are saying about Quantum Diaries
American Scientist Online: Site of the week
"Created in honor of the World Year of Physics, Quantum Diaries will follow the lives of 25 particle physicists from around the world through their biographies, photographs, videos and weblogs. It's a well-conceived window into the personal lives of working scientists."
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About.com
"Geology often mingles with physics, and the year-long Quantum Diaries project puts 27 actual physicists on the Web for the World Year of Physics. Half of the blogs are in English and the others include Russian, Chinese, Dutch and lots more."
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BioEd Online
The hottest property in the blogosphere as far as physicists are concerned is Quantum Diaries, where you can follow the escapades of a host of physicists around the world as they enjoy their year in the spotlight. Apparently the most popular one gets 3,000 hits a day - so either someone has a lot of friends, or fly-on-the-wall physics is more popular than I thought.
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Chronicle of Higher Education (registration required)
"You can now live out your physics fantasies online, through the vicarious thrills of Quantum Diaries."
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Daily Herald
One hundred years ago, Einstein burst onto the world stage by publishing five papers that changed the way we think about the universe. This year, to commemorate that anniversary, Harris and three other physicists from Fermilab are writing online diaries of what it's like to be a modern-day physicist.
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The Globe and Mail: On the Web (registration required)
"What these scientific bloggers have presented so far is an oft-ignored truth. While the stereotype of physicists is people equally abstract and brainy, the postings show just how ordinary they can be."
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ORF on Science
Wer miterleben will, woran Forscherinnen und Forscher im "Jahr der Physik"
arbeiten, was sie zu politischen Fragen denken oder was sie in ihrer
Freizeit tun, der sollte einen Blick in die "Quantum Diaries" werfen.
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TheRecord.com (registration required)
To mark the 100 year anniversary of Einstein's theory of relativity and
2005 as the World Year of Physics, 30 physicists around the world are
hoping to show people that there is more to them than a lab coat.
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Science Magazine: NetWatch (registration required)
"Directing a beam of protons to a detector 1000 meters away reminds Debbie Harris of Fermilab in Illinois of giving birth, because both processes have to occur in stages. These are highlights from Quantum Diaries, a new project sponsored by a coalition of particle physics labs to commemorate 2005's World Year of Physics. More than 20 physicists from around the world will chronicle their opinions, interests, successes, and failures over the next 12 months with regular dispatches, video clips, and photos."
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VOAnews.com: Website of the Week
"It's a fascinating look "behind the curtain" at how science is practiced before those breakthroughts are announced."
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William & Mary News
Participating as a quantum diarist has resulted in a bit of celebrity status for Sarah Phillips. When she attends conferences, fellow physicists come up to her and comment on her entries. During this summer's open house at Jefferson Lab, several people attended because they had read her blog and they wanted to see what she was writing about. "One person actually told me that her daughter was trying to do better in her math class because my diary had inspired her," she said. "That made it completely worthwhile." She added, "Plus, I have never had anyone squeal when they saw me before."
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Blogalicious
"But my favorite part of all this is Quantum Diaries, a blog by 25 of today's Einsteins as they grapple with quantum physics and 4-year olds. Not clear which is the harder problem, but at least one gets less annoying after college. Here's a bit from John Ellis on gluons booming in Calcutta."
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Blogging in the wind
"The last posts are displayed in a single page and the talk about topics like the future of Fermilab, astronomy in the South Pole or science, culture and communication. Quite interesting."
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Cosmic Bowling
"Did you guys know that 2005 is the World Year of Physics? This means that my new favorite collection of websites is Quantum Diaries."
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ERNAC says--Geek of the Week
"If you aggregate hundreds of blog feeds (as blog geeks do) then you are probably inundated with an ocean of blogs and may be hard pressed to find those "smoother pebbles" or "prettier shells" amongst the great unwashed masses. Caolionn's (maybe it's pronounced KAY-lin) weblog is like that gem hidden away beneath an obscure rock waiting to be found."
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Iranian Physics News
"As most of you probably know 2005 is the official UN World Year of Physics due to 100 years of Einstein's special relativity Thanks to a neat international project, you can now follow the lives of a group of physicists as they live thru 2005."
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Metafilter.com
"Cool thumbnail sketches of the intellectual elite in autobiographical form - complete with color photos. My hope someday is that baseball cards packed with gum will be replaced by Scientist Cards. This site offers all the raw material to create them."
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Phantom Scribbler
"This is a very interesting take on the Larry Summers hoopla, from Quantum Diaries, an all-too-rare attempt to give the Rest of Us a glimpse into the lives of physicists. Not too many people out there can intersperse their takes on motherhood with information about the flavor of muon!"
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Quantumbiodiscs
"Caolionn O'Connell over at Quantum Diaries for her first blog post mentions the hellish topic of thesis writing. She mentions the sensitive topic of the "how long/much do you have left?" question."
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The Scientific Indian
"Thanks to John Ellis for blogging in his Quantum Diary about the conference he attended in Calcutta. Before we delve into John's blog post, I want to introduce you to Quantum Diaries. Quantum Diaries are a collection of blogs regularly updated by physicists all around the world as they live the World Year of Physics. The World Year of Physics 2005 is to celebrate the contribution of a patent clerk in 1905 to physics that started a revolution which hasn't ended."
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SciScoop.com
"This year marks the centenary of Einstein's greatest discovery, the theory of relativity. Although his discoveries are world famous, we know little about the life of Albert Einstein in 1905. Nowadays young scientists throughout the world are carrying out research into fundamental physics and working on the big discoveries for the future... You can follow their experiences at The Quantum Diaries."
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Six Apart Professional Network Weblog
"Quantum Diaries is a fantastic new community of physicists helping to explore and explain the World Year of Physics... It's especially satisfying to see participants from CERN such as John Ellis and Nick Brook since CERN is where the web was born."
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Technocrat.net
"What did Einstein do on the weekend? 30 physicists are keeping an online diary for a year to give others a glimpse into the life of a physicist."
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Kennislink
"Ruim twintig natuurkundigen uit verschillende landen houden een jaar lang een weblog bij. Op de website www.quantumdiaries.org zijn hun belevenissen te volgen. Alex, Maaike en Frank van het NIKHEF houden namens Nederland een 'Quantum Diary' bij."
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"Met de opening van het World Year of Physics 2005 zijn ook de quantum diaries gestart. 21 Fysici (overal vandaan) laten via hun weblog zien wat zij dagelijks uitspoken. Nederland is goed vertegenwoordigd met een student, een aio en een prof."
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HISPARC
"Wat voor man was Albert Einstein? Hoe zag zijn dag eruit? Wat deed hij graag in het weekend? Dit jaar is het 100 jaar geleden dat Einstein zijn grootste ontdekking deed, de relativiteitstheorie. Maar van de rest van zijn leven in 1905 weten we niet veel.
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