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(source: www.agefotostock.com ) "You need a love of the idea of physics and a love of doing physics -- and they are not the same thing. Try not only to read papers but also to visit labs to see what doing research means in the different fields. It is better not to choose the same thing as everyone else. If you are becoming a physicist, try to resist the increasing tendency toward aggressive competition among individuals. Research is a very demanding activity, but perhaps the best success may be achieved by a right balance: between your involvement in personal as well as collective research efforts, personal and family life, and your responsibility as a scientist and a citizen in society." Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927) is a French nuclear physicist and also known for her work in actively encouraging women to pursue careers in scientific fields. Daughter of  Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) and Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958) and granddaughter of...

Following the post about the similar flags , I decided to write a new post about those flags being, somehow, special!  Special doesn't mean necessarly ugly, even if in some cases...  ok, just have a look and decide for yourself! Let's start with countries,  even though it is not that easy to define a Country ... Anyway... Bahrain & Qatar Other countries have the white and red in their flags (e.g. Monaco , Poland ), but Bahrain and Qatar have well distinct serrated lines on them. In the case of Bahrain, the line is made of five triangles representing the ISLAM's pillars .   Near Bahrain there is Qatar and it also has a serrated line, but composed by nine triangles instead of five. The nine-point serrated line indicates that Qatar is the 9th member of the "reconciled Emirates" of the Persian Gulf in the wake of concluding the Qatari-British treaty in 1916. White is the color of peace and the maroon colour symbolises the blood shed durin...