On this day in physics: 10 March 2011- Brian Cox, English particle physicist, gave the Ninth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture. For the uninitiated, Douglas Adams is the author of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.
Word of the Day- QED- QED is a short abbreviation for Quod Erot Demonstrandum, which is latin for "Therefore it is proven". It is quite frequently found at the end of a mathematical proof. When describing his new field of physics, Richard Feynman decided to call it Quantum Electro Dynamics, so he could abbreviate it QED.
Quote of the Day: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." -Douglas Adams
Keywords: QED, Quod, Erot, Demonstrandtum
