Hawking does it again

On Sep 3, 6:30*am, Joe Snod wrote:
Book review: 'Grand Design' by Hawking and Mlodinow

http://tinyurl.com/26ur966

The first sentence of this article is "Robert Oppenheimer was fond of
proposing that physics and poetry were becoming indistinguishable."


poetry can reach the very heart of the big bang.

r.y

On Sep 4, 7:03*pm, Raymond Yohros wrote:


poetry can reach the very heart of the big bang.

r.y

But it would be the shortest poem ever read.

Hardly time for an ode-ear! ;-)

On Sep 7, 2:02*am, Raymond Yohros wrote:

a poem doesn't need to last for only a fraction of a second.
it just need be a perfect combination of words making
an outstanding harmony and sense

that is a great thing that poetry has over any equation.

r.y

Oh dear.

Methinks thou doth (entirely) miss the point and the humour.

This may be a language thing.

Explanation in words of a few syllables:

Nuclear explosion. Short and nasty. No time at all.

Ode: A short poem. That's all you have time for!

Ode-ear: A play on words: Oh dear! Exclamation!

I am caught in a nuclear explosion and am very unlikely to survive.

How was it for you? :-)