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Posted on: November 17, 2009 8:04 AM, by Chad Orzel
There's been an independent rediscovery of the notion of using dogs to explain physics, as you can see in this YouTube video of Golden Retrievers explaining the structure of atoms:
Emmy thinks she should get royalties, in the form of cheese. But then, she thinks that about everything...
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Comments
I love the slightly confused look the labs have when everyone goes away!
Posted by: Michael Nielsen | November 17, 2009 9:09 AM
Love the bottom quark!
Posted by: Thony C. | November 17, 2009 9:55 AM
Sorry, but I found this rather pointless, neither funny nor illuminating. I like the music though.
Posted by: Bee | November 17, 2009 9:57 AM
Remarkably, not a single dog demonstrated a pee-orbital.
Posted by: Emory K. | November 17, 2009 10:51 AM
I liked the annotations. 'bottom quark'. Tee hee.
Posted by: Max | November 17, 2009 11:06 AM
Bottom quark! Best post of the morning!
Posted by: Erin | November 17, 2009 11:11 AM
If anyone should get royalties, it should be Schrodinger with his pioneering work with cats.
Posted by: Romeo Vitelli | November 17, 2009 11:27 AM
Cute, although I can just hear my little ones - there are DOGS in atoms?!
Posted by: Kayla Fay | November 18, 2009 9:35 AM