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RE: Confessions of an Academic Postdoc
Do you still get the feeling that you are working on mathematical proofs that are on par with Newton being able to describe gravity? Also amazing read, I wish I could understand more mathematics to understand your perspective more clearly.
Newton was a physicist ... although, I get your point. Yes and no. Maybe what I do will be used in the future. Maybe it won't.
Well - some would say he was more an alchemist than a physicist ;-)
http://www.livescience.com/54162-newton-recipe-for-philosophers-stone-rediscovered.html
http://www.alchemylab.com/isaac_newton.htm
But he's of course more known for his contributions to physics...
Looking forward to follow your posts and path ;-) Say Hi to Ashley!
Agreed, surprising how closely linked mathematics and physics are though. Would Pythagoras be a better example? That is academia, you write A* papers and get published in a high impact journal you have a higher chance of influencing the future/being cited.
Mathematicians do not tend to go for the high impact journals like Nature and Science.