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FQXi Administrator Zeeya Merali wrote on Jan. 28, 2011 @ 11:10 GMT
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Daniel Bedingham |
Last September, FQXi put out a call for nominations for a new award honoring the
Most Courageous Postdoc conducting research on foundational physics or cosmology. An external panel of experts reviewed all the entries and unanimously selected Daniel Bedingham, a quantum physicist at Imperial College London, as the winner (pictured, right). You can read more about his research
here.
The prize was the brainchild of FQXi member,
Sabine Hossenfelder, an assistant professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics. Sabine won an
FQXi mini-grant and requested that it be used to establish an award that would "encourage young people to not passively swim with the mainstream, but to take a risk and try something genuinely novel."
The winner, Daniel Bedingham, is a physicist who works part-time as an analyst at an investment bank while carrying out research at Imperial. He was nominated by
Philip Pearle, at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York , who commended the quality of Bedingham’s research on quasi-relativistic dynamical collapse theories and his dedication to foundational research, despite the financial sacrifice.
Daniel Bedingham wins an award of $1000 and FQXi membership. Congratulations Daniel!
Q&A with Daniel Bedingham.
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Steve Dufourny wrote on Jan. 28, 2011 @ 15:29 GMT
Hi dear Zeeya ,all,
Happy to see this article.
Congratulations Daniel.
Best
Steve
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laura wrote on Jan. 28, 2011 @ 17:28 GMT
Graham wrote on Jan. 28, 2011 @ 20:54 GMT
well done
The Rutherford of our time
Keep up the original thinking and testing the establishment
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Anonymous wrote on Jan. 31, 2011 @ 00:57 GMT
Is "a physicist who works part-time as an analyst at an investment bank" the most courageous postdoc? This rather is a choice of money and very "helpful to one’s career".... not very courageous for a physicist. Moreover doing quantum physics in the quantum physicist institute of the Imperial College London is not exactly what I mean for ... "local environment being unsupportive or even outright discouraging".
Postdocs, don't loose your time in foundation of physics. Be brave and go to work in a bank!
FQXi .... please!
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T H Ray replied on Feb. 1, 2011 @ 11:53 GMT
Remember, the award is given to a postdoc, not to an established practicing physicist. As I read the article, I get that the individual was nominated for the quality of his research output. Such quality is usually only possible for one with the luxury of devoting his time to research alone.
If one doubts that it takes a great deal of grit and determination (I think that's what "courage" means in this context) to research and publish quality work while holding down a day job, one should give it a try.
Tom
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Steve Dufourny replied on Feb. 2, 2011 @ 12:58 GMT
Hi all,
Dear anomymous.......to be or not to be , that is the question!!!
Regards
Steve
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Steve Dufourny replied on Feb. 3, 2011 @ 16:44 GMT
Dear Tom,
Have you an other program please for the signs and symbols, easy of utilization?
Regards
Steve
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T H Ray replied on Feb. 3, 2011 @ 17:37 GMT
Steve,
Personally, I use MathType with MS Office. But those are programs you have to pay for, and they aren't supported by these forum windows (although one can attach Word or PDF documents or web site links if showing equations is necesary).
You're better off using LaTeX if you want to post equations directly into the forum (Lawrence and others do it all the time). Look right above here, under the heading "Reply to this Thread." You'll find a link to LaTeX's web site. See if you can download/install the program from there.
And do you realize that you can use ASCII symbols in place of conventional mathematical symbols? Thoee of us used to reading mathematics on the net will know what they stand for. Google "ASCII replacements for math symbols" and see what comes up.
Tom
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Steve Dufourny replied on Feb. 5, 2011 @ 13:55 GMT
thanks Tom,it's cool.
Regards
Steev
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