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Electron band structure in germanium, my ass (2001)

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903 points tux3 | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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janandonly ◴[01 Apr 25 13:09 UTC] No.43546380[source]▶
It takes a special kind of mind to appreciate this short post, not as fiction, but as truth and also as a jab at the physics sciences in general.
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ssivark ◴[01 Apr 25 13:59 UTC] No.43546891[source]▶
Why is it a jab at physics? It's honest and beautiful -- I imagine this is exactly what an experience on the cutting edge of experiment is like! :D

Making this measurement (an ancient discovery) with latest equipment is easy, but imagine what it might have been like for the people who actually discovered this property of germanium. Our tools/probes cannot advance much faster than our understanding of a (related) subject -- we are constantly inventing/improvising tools using cutting edge scientific knowledge from a related field.

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1. lazide ◴[01 Apr 25 14:29 UTC] No.43547210[source]▶
Especially when the entire concept might seem absolutely absurd at the time.