The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you.
There are relatively few experiments in atomic physics these days that don't involve the use of a laser.
With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us.
My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.