Comments on: Rocks that roll https://quantumfrontiers.com/2022/08/14/rocks-that-roll/ A blog by the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter @ Caltech Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nicole Yunger Halpern https://quantumfrontiers.com/2022/08/14/rocks-that-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-154827 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:37:55 +0000 http://quantumfrontiers.com/?p=15861#comment-154827 In reply to 4gravitons.

The line wasn’t intended as an allusion, but it’s always great to hear of the extra richness that readers contribute to a text by bringing their own experiences to bear on it!

]]> By: 4gravitons https://quantumfrontiers.com/2022/08/14/rocks-that-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-154821 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0000 http://quantumfrontiers.com/?p=15861#comment-154821 Nice post! I was wondering about your choice of the word “galaxy” here:

“Grains make up materials throughout the galaxy”

Any chance that’s a hidden reference to the famously awkward anti-sand speech Anakin gives in Attack of the Clones?

]]> By: Wyrd Smythe https://quantumfrontiers.com/2022/08/14/rocks-that-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-154746 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:20:23 +0000 http://quantumfrontiers.com/?p=15861#comment-154746 Pterry is my favorite fiction author bar none! And it’s interesting how many natural systems we have yet to explore in full detail.

]]> By: raj https://quantumfrontiers.com/2022/08/14/rocks-that-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-154711 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 03:07:41 +0000 http://quantumfrontiers.com/?p=15861#comment-154711 Interesting stuff. Congrats on the PRL!
Terry is one of my favourites. You can open any of his books and start reading, he never disappoints.

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