The Best Thesis Defense is a Good Thesis Offense

Here's an excellent thesis-defense flyer.

Coolest thesis defense flyer EVER! pic.twitter.com/pXEV8SLOZK

— Montserrat Anguera (@montserrat) February 15, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Easter Eggs in Scientific Papers.)

The Best Thesis Defense is a Good Thesis Offense!

YES!!!!!!!!

(Do you know who said that? Mel, the cook on Alice.)

And, yes, today's xkcd is a huge win.

XKCD on Chaos: "Can You Do That Weird Laugh?"

The topic for today's XKCD is chaos, which is of course near and dear to my heart. I love the mouseover: "Although the oral exam for the doctorate was just 'can you do that weird laugh?'"

Hmmm... I got my PhD in quantum chaos, and I never got that question on my oral exam to defend my thesis. :(

Thesis title of the day

Here's a real winner: "Detection of Single Quantized Vortex Lines in Rotating HeII" (by Richard Packard, 1969)

When I first read this, I thought "He II" was "Hell". I didn't know that Hell could rotate.

Gazebo should be familiar with the author, and I actually have a good scientific reason to be at his web page. (I'm trying to look up some results of his from the 80s.)

Update: Inspired by this post, Gazebo made a Dinosaur Comic about "Rotating Hell". I approve!