Collaborate Disseminate
Lederman sold his Nobel Prize at auction for $765,000 in 2015 in order to pay for medical bills. Continue reading Leon Lederman, Nobel-Winning Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘God Particle,’ Dead at 96
The Greek philosopher Plato is well known for his allegories and metaphors. Of particular interest is his Allegory of the Cave, which appeared in The Republic, written around 380AD. In it, Plato describes a group of prisoners which are chained to a wall within a cave, and have been all of their lives. They have no direct interaction with the world outside of the cave. They only know of the world via shadows that are cast on the wall opposite of them. For the prisoners, the shadows are their reality. Though you and I know the shadows are only …read more
