POETRY FOR PHYSICISTS
A poem in "The Da Vinci Code" alludes to the fact that an apple is not depicted on this British physicist's tomb
Isaac Newton
This Springsteen song mentions "suicide machines sprung from cages out on Highway 9, chrome wheeled, fuel injected"
"Born to Run"
The 4 Seasons, or Fergie: "B.G.D.C."
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
This state has a state bluegrass song
Kentucky
Vitamin K is essential for blood to be able to do this normally
clot
An atomic bomb test in 1945 made Oppenheimer think of a line from the "Bhagavadgita", a sacred poem in this religion
Hinduism
Back in 1983 Prince drove this song to No. 6
"Little Red Corvette"
Seal: "K.F.A.R."
"Kiss From A Rose"
Hawaii made the pahu the state traditional instrument & this the state modern instrument
the ukulele
This branch of physics deals with the relationship between heat & other forms of energy
thermodynamics
In the poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron mentions this 16th century Italian, "with his woes"
Galileo
Janis Joplin sang, "Oh Lord, won't you buy me" this car? "My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends"
A Mercedes Benz
Cheap Trick:
"I.W.Y.T.W.M."
"I Want You To Want Me"
A patriotic tune, this state song of Connecticut is probably the only one to contain the name of a pasta
"Yankee Doodle"
Resembling a hedgehog, the echidna is also known as the "spiny" this creature
anteater
This Danish physicist said that when it comes to atoms, "Language can be used only as in poetry"
Bohr
Aretha Franklin sang about "ridin' on the freeway of love" in this car; it was later the title of a hit by Natalie Cole
"Pink Cadillac"
Carrie Underwood & her Louisville Slugger: "B.H.C."
"Before He Cheats"
Florida's state song is this Stephen Foster song subtitled "Old Folks At Home"
"Swanee River"
The difference between fluorescence & this type of glow named for element No. 15 is--complicated
phosphorescence
Note the cat in the depiction of him, whose writing made a friend say, "I hope your physics is better than your poetry"
Schrodinger
Sammy Hagar protested the speed limit in this hit
"I Can't Drive 55"
The Fray: "H.T.S.A.L."
"How To Save A Life"
Bob Wills pioneered the country style called western this & Texas made it its state music
western swing
An experiment in which animals are reared in isolation to see what features are innate is named for this foundling of 19th c. Germany
Kaspar Hauser