A Physics Carol (Scene 1)

A play written by: Folkert Koetsveld


 
(Prologue + Scene 1)
Plot
A Summer Student (Mileva) will be visited by the ghosts of physics past, present and future: Maxwell will tell of the arrogance of the "classical physicists", Physic's past tells of the happy early days of QM, full of excitement and new discoveries, Physic's present tells of the dull state we are in now, Physic's Future tells of

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A Physics Carol (Scene 2)

A play written by: Martin Flechl


 
Scene 2: The Present
(Mileva is on one side of the stage. Higgs comes close to her, hardly realises her presence, and talks to the audience)
Higgs    : Hi. My Name is Peter Higgs. You may remember me from films such as (says all the film names very slowly) "My Life as a Boson of the Standard Model", "Breaking the Symmetry of the Standard

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A Physics Carol (Scene 3: The Future)

A play written by: Leo van Nierop

Scene 3: The Future
(Mileva at the center, still euphoric. Spock enters, Vulcan greeting)

 Spock    : Live long and prosper!
Mileva    : You have got to be kidding me!
Spock    : (insulted) Of course not! I'm here to guide you.
Mileva    : The ghost of physics future, I take. They could at least have sent me a real physicist!
Spock    :

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