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Written for [[STS 3301]].
;On narrow interpretations of Francis Bacon
Baconianism:
an army of ants? merely
a side of bacon.
;A disclaimer
;A disclaimer
  These haiku are forced.
  These haiku are forced.
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  and the go-betweens.
  and the go-betweens.


;Planck, to Einstein
;Planck, from Einstein's perspective
  A splendid fellow,
  A splendid fellow,
  careful incrementalist,
  careful incrementalist,
  imperialist.
  imperialist.


;On writing about Peter Galison
;Epitaph on writing about Peter Galison
  In which the author
  In which the author
  finds himself critical of
  finds himself critical of
  an opalescence.
  an opalescence.
;On the American who went to Europe
Augustus Rowland
Elite grating on our nerves
very precisely.
;On Bernoulli's disciple
Monsieur Maupertuis
enjoyed a tour of England
brought back some Newton.
;On the Forman Thesis
What makes physicists
do the crazy things they do?
Social craziness?
;On the engulfing tide of scientific progress
Don't try to fight it.
The scientific progress
will engulf us all.
;On history's battles
I will use Kevles
to disagree with Kevles
on US physics.
;On isolation
One thing not to do:
Put all your eggs in one basket.
Even if it's Texas.
;On why I went to Cornell, my first choice in 1986-1987, to study physics and chemistry:
Chemistry textbook,
sidebar on the SSC,
I wanted a role.
;On the demise of internationalization of the SSC in 1992
George Bush left us out
of his visit to Japan.
He's too busy barfing.
[[Category:Creative writing]][[Category:History of physics]]

Latest revision as of 14:15, 1 April 2012

Written for STS 3301.

On narrow interpretations of Francis Bacon
Baconianism:
an army of ants? merely
a side of bacon.
A disclaimer
These haiku are forced.
But everything is forces,
there is no free will.
On Max Planck
Suffering upright,
revolution unasked for,
walk a middle plank.

To the theorists,
blessed are the peacemakers
and the go-betweens.
Planck, from Einstein's perspective
A splendid fellow,
careful incrementalist,
imperialist.
Epitaph on writing about Peter Galison
In which the author
finds himself critical of
an opalescence.
On the American who went to Europe
Augustus Rowland
Elite grating on our nerves
very precisely.
On Bernoulli's disciple
Monsieur Maupertuis
enjoyed a tour of England
brought back some Newton.
On the Forman Thesis
What makes physicists
do the crazy things they do?
Social craziness?
On the engulfing tide of scientific progress
Don't try to fight it.
The scientific progress
will engulf us all.
On history's battles
I will use Kevles
to disagree with Kevles
on US physics.
On isolation
One thing not to do:
Put all your eggs in one basket.
Even if it's Texas.
On why I went to Cornell, my first choice in 1986-1987, to study physics and chemistry
Chemistry textbook,
sidebar on the SSC,
I wanted a role.
On the demise of internationalization of the SSC in 1992
George Bush left us out
of his visit to Japan.
He's too busy barfing.
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