Dear Friends and Followers of my Blog, I recently had my Blog moved from one host to another, a process known as migration. This should make things easier in the long run, but a few mishaps may occur during the interim. So, I should first apologise if you have received repeats. For the record, the address… Continue reading Migration of Blog and St. Patrick’s Day Greeting
Month: March 2015
News on Fermi’s Fountain in Rome
A friend of mine who lives in Manhattan has just discovered a very interesting article on the internet. Maryann Macdonald has sent me a link which informs that the European Physical Society has designated the Enrico Fermi Fountain I wrote about in my last blogpost as an historic site! (See below). The ceremony took place… Continue reading News on Fermi’s Fountain in Rome
The Benefits of Learning Physics: Archimedes and the Law of Buoyancy
I suffered a stroke in 2011, a haemorrhage in my cerebellum which has affected my body balance quite severely. I have worked diligently on physiotherapy – though my wife thinks I could try a lot harder – receiving help initially from the NHS and later from ARNI (Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury), on a recommendation… Continue reading The Benefits of Learning Physics: Archimedes and the Law of Buoyancy
A Fountain in Rome-Edited
In the Eternal City, physicist J.P. McEvoy reminisces about the Italian Enrico Fermi and visits an unusual artefact of the nuclear age. On the day John Kennedy was shot in 1963, I was busy as a young physicist on a neutron scattering experiment at the RCA Sarnoff Research Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey. I am sure… Continue reading A Fountain in Rome-Edited
1968: Meeting Jean Genet in the East Village NYC
It was a lazy sunny day in the summer of 1968 when I gave in to my brother-in-law’s pleading to visit St. Mark’s Place in New York City to see America’s youth sitting on curbs injecting themselves with heroin. As we came close to our destination, the East Village, I had assured him that no one… Continue reading 1968: Meeting Jean Genet in the East Village NYC