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Old 26-01-2011, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by sjastro View Post
Off topic but a story of human interest.

My sister who is a psychologist was appointed by the mangement of the Australian Synchroton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Synchrotron ) to deal with the collapsing work environment.

Horror stories abound such as particle physicists using the synchroton as a racing track for cars as a protest against management.

Still my sister claims it's easier to deal with particle physicists than mathematicians.

I have no idea where she got that idea.

Regards

Steven
Management as usual thought they should manage something they did not understand. The Scientists thought that management should manage the whole enterprise so that some science can be done!
Puerile and facile comments on both sides is what started this mess!

Bert
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