tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30981355.post4275524736136666119..comments2014-02-17T10:50:43.364+00:00Comments on #Kemp: A Song Of ParticlesKemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254308947285339009noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30981355.post-17577604799722268572011-11-18T16:55:33.502+00:002011-11-18T16:55:33.502+00:00I think we have pieced it together, I had read thi...I think we have pieced it together, I had read this poem in a Biophysics class I tokk in 1981, now you & I have pieced it together. Here goes:<br />Sing a song of particles<br />Infinitely small<br />Tissue cultured specimens<br />From off your stomach wall.<br />Six & forty chromosomes dividing into two<br />Hoards of Hungry Phagocytes Like Tigers in a zoo<br /><br />Take mesons from a synchrotron<br />To fix the hellish brew—<br />For proton and electron,<br />That's me—and you.<br /><br />But tell me, dear Professor<br />Explain it if you can<br />If microscopic entities<br />Are all that's left of man.<br /><br />Yes, tell me, dear Professor<br />Explain it if you please<br />Why men through countless ages<br />Have believed they're more than these.<br /><br />If our love is but a hormone<br />And our sight an optic lens<br />And beauty a mere enzyme<br />Why is homo sapiens?<br /><br />If our heart just a muscular pump<br />And our will a chemist shop<br />And death of one’s life journey<br />Is just the heart’s final stop<br /><br />For if Descartes was a donkey<br />And I'm sure you'd have him so<br />You'll have to rub out not just 'sum'<br />But also 'cogito'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30981355.post-89418116795279550472011-10-25T14:49:13.360+00:002011-10-25T14:49:13.360+00:00I've done a little research and come up with t...I've done a little research and come up with the following sites (with identical content):<br /><br />http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1962/jul/12/science-and-industry<br /><br />http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1962-07-12a.1527.9<br /><br />"I shall quote in support of this the "Song for a Minister of Science" which the noble Lord no doubt caused to be published in the Observer on Christmas Day, 1960. The Observer said that Lord Hailsham's family Christmas card contained this song"<br /><br />With the full lyrics being:<br /><br />Sing a song of particles<br />Infinitely small<br />Tissue cultured specimens<br />From off your stomach wall.<br /><br />Take mesons from a synchroton<br />To fix the hellish brew—<br />For proton and electron,<br />That's me—and you.<br /><br />But tell me, dear Professor<br />Explain it if you can<br />If microscopic entities<br />Are all that's left of man.<br /><br />Yes, tell me, dear Professor<br />Explain it if you please<br />Why men through countless ages<br />Have believed they're more than these.<br /><br />If our love is but a hormone<br />And our eye an optic lens<br />And beauty but an enzyme<br />Why is homo sapiens?<br /><br />For if Descartes was a donkey<br />And I'm sure you'd have him so<br />You'll have to rub out not just 'sum'<br />But also 'cogito'.Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254308947285339009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30981355.post-5918106015314482092011-10-25T02:36:22.992+00:002011-10-25T02:36:22.992+00:00kEMP THIS WAS A POEM WRITTEN BY A PARTICLE PHYSICI...kEMP THIS WAS A POEM WRITTEN BY A PARTICLE PHYSICIST IN THE EARLY 1980'S, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD FIND THE ORIGINALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30981355.post-79013080573523774602011-10-24T19:14:39.800+00:002011-10-24T19:14:39.800+00:00Unfortunately I do not. All I ever heard was the f...Unfortunately I do not. All I ever heard was the four lines I posted. Thanks for posting what you did have though :)Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254308947285339009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30981355.post-91723282230200168922011-10-24T19:12:26.647+00:002011-10-24T19:12:26.647+00:00Sing a song of particles infinitely small Tissue c...Sing a song of particles infinitely small Tissue coated specimen from your stomach wall Six and forty chromosome dividing into two, Hoards of hungry phagocytes like tigers in a zoo<br />Take refuge from this synchrotron to fix this hellish brew<br />Because proton and electron that’s me and you<br /><br />But tell me dear professor explain if you can <br />are microscopic entities are all that’s left of man?<br />And tell dear professor explain it if you please<br />why man through countless ages have believed they’re more than these?<br /><br />If our love is but a hormone and our sight an optic lens<br />And beauty a mere enzyme, why are homo-sapiens<br />If a heart is a simple pump and our will a chemist shop and death of a lifes journey is just a final stop.<br />Id Descartes were a donkey and I am sure you’d have him one<br />You’d have to throw out not just SUM<br />But en Cognito<br /> do you have the rest of this poem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30981355.post-16980951877078666382007-07-15T11:24:00.000+00:002007-07-15T11:24:00.000+00:00That is so damn win...--- OLThat is so damn win...<BR/><BR/>--- OLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com