Theorists

U.S. scientist, two in Japan share Nobel Prize in Physics (Los Angeles Times)

8 Oct 2008

The Nobel goes to Yoichiro Nambu of Chicago and Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa of Japan, who made strides in the study of a phenomenon called broken symmetry. A Japanese American theorist whose work helped explain how the cosmos came into being and two Japanese theorists who predicted the existence of a family of exotic particles called quarks will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in ...

Capricorn One (filmcritic.com)

8 Oct 2008

Capricorn One is one of the seventies' most audacious paranoia flicks. Like the similarly minded conspiracy thrillers The Parallax View (1974) and Soylent Green (1973), Capricorn One plays on the "ordinary man" fears of government corruption and cover-up.

Three researchers win Nobel Prize (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

8 Oct 2008

By THOMAS H. MAUGH II A Japanese-American theorist whose work helped explain how the cosmos came into being and two Japanese theorists who predicted the existence of a family of exotic particles called quarks will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics, the Swedish Nobel Foundation announced Tuesday. All three men studied a curious but essential phenomenon known as broken symmetry, which helps ...