viernes, 12 de agosto de 2011

Interesante entrevista a Sam Ting en CERN Courier de julio-agosto 2011

Paola Catapano, de CERN, entrevista a Samuel Ting, Premio Nobel de Física en 1976 por sus hallazgos de nuevas partículas a alta energía, entre elllas la partícula J/Y.
El motivo, es el lanzamiento al espacio del Experimento Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) en el transbordador espacial Endeauvour, desde Cabo Cañaveral,  del que Sam Ting ha sido el principal investigador y promotor.
En esa entrevista da algunos consejos a los jóvenes estudiantes que se propongan estudiar Física u otras ciencias. Se trascriben aquí sus palabras:

With all of the current interest in CERN and particle physics, Ting has some serious, practical advice for young people aspiring to become physicists. "If you want to be a scientist, whether it is a physicist, mathematician or biologist, you need to remember that you’re doing this only for interest, not for fame or glory, because only very few people in their lifetime accomplish what they really want," he explains. "Physics is a very difficult thing; particle physics involves large groups of people working together. Unless you think that physics is the most important thing in your life, you should not do it. It takes passion, precision, patience."

Ver la enterevista en esta dirección: http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/46536




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