Monday, April 16, 2007

Hair brained

In some physics related hair news, top Caltech GR theorist Kip Thorne has decided to emulate a black hole and have 'no hair' (really sorry about the black-hole physics based joke.) I saw him wandering about at the APS meeting the other day and he'd completely removed his famous ponytail!

3 comments:

  1. Noooo!!! He's had that haircut since the 60s! He practically invented the balding hippie scientist look that one day I too hope to emulate.

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  2. Any news on his stance on the Hairy Ball Theorem, though?

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  3. Afraid it's all gone man. He still has the goatee, but his pate's as shiny as a bowling ball.

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