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Andy Harbison @andrewharbison1.bsky.social

therefore be quicker than the baddie. The students expressed doubt about this hypothesis (because you absolutely didn’t say “Bullshit!” to Neils Bohr) so the next day Bohr turned up at the lab with two toy pistols in holsters so they could test the hypothesis. This is why everyone liked Neils Bohr.

aug 11, 2025, 11:00 am • 43 2

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social

Gamow tells this story, and it was he who bought the pistols. But Bohr played the good guy, and none of his students could outdraw him.

aug 11, 2025, 11:06 am • 24 0 • view
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Compton Scatterbrained @comptonscatter.bsky.social

That and he was such a dad to many researchers. They'd get invited to his house and play with his kids and all that.

aug 11, 2025, 12:21 pm • 4 0 • view