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Physicists and their famous pets

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Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).

Any others?
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Maia wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:03 pm Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).

Any others?
Rousseau's Dog.

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The front cover of a book showing Rousseau and Hume at opposite ends of a playing card as Knaves.
It was written 2014 and tells of Rousseau and his dog's visit to Britain spending much time exasperating David Hume.
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Maia wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:03 pm Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).

Any others?
Buridan's Ass
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The image shows an American Ass unable to decide upon Nicaragua and Panama.
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Maia wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:03 pm Maxwell's demon.
Schrodinger's cat.
Neil's boar.
Mack's plank (not a very rewarding pet, admittedly).

Any others?
Well, Stephen was hawking but I'm not sure he had any luck.
And then there's Brian's Cox.
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Stephen Hawking and his cat that he aptly named Flush Gordon...after teaching it to think like a plumber in an attempt to prove information can be lost inside the toilet minds of people from ILP forum.

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Johannes van der Waals
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Stephen Wolfram the genetically modified hybrid
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But there are also the gardners....
Vannevar Bush
Eva Ekeblad (oak leaf in Swedish)
Amedeo Avogadro (his father was drunk when he named him)
Kip Thorne
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attofishpi wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:38 pm Stephen Hawking and his cat that he aptly named Flush Gordon...after teaching it to think like a plumber in an attempt to prove information can be lost inside the toilet minds of people from ILP forum.

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No way is that Stephen Hawking's hands...
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:28 am
attofishpi wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:38 pm Stephen Hawking and his cat that he aptly named Flush Gordon...after teaching it to think like a plumber in an attempt to prove information can be lost inside the toilet minds of people from ILP forum.

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No way is that Stephen Hawking's hands...
That's right, it was when he got really ill and they decided to attach bionic hands. (the cat's a robot too) :D
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