Sorry Neutrons

Einstein's career is the ultimate "how it started vs how it's going" saga in reverse. From 1905-1915, he was dropping physics mixtapes like they were hot—Special Relativity, E=mc², proving atoms exist through Brownian motion, and explaining the photoelectric effect (free Nobel Prize included!). Then came the sequel nobody asked for: spending three decades trying to unify physics while stubbornly rejecting quantum mechanics. It's like watching your favorite band's early albums and wondering why they later decided to experiment with polka-dubstep fusion. Young Einstein wasn't just ahead of his time—he was practically from another timeline!

From "apple, banana, airplane" to setting fundamental constants equal to 1? That escalated quickly! The bottom equation shows physicists' favorite trick: setting Planck's constant (ℏ), speed of light (c), and gravitational constant (G) to 1 to simplify equations. It's like saying "these numbers are too annoying to keep writing, so they're all 1 now, deal with it." This is how theoretical physicists cheat on their math homework. The real flex isn't solving equations—it's making them disappear entirely. And yes, this is exactly how Han Solo made the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs—by conveniently redefining his units of measurement!

The crushing moment you discover your childhood science hero was actually a hardcore alchemist! Newton may have given us calculus and gravity, but the man spent DECADES trying to turn lead into gold and find the magical potion for immortality. Talk about a scientific identity crisis! 🧪✨ It's like finding out Einstein secretly hunted Bigfoot on weekends. The philosopher's stone wasn't dropping any apples on anyone's head—but it sure dropped a bomb on Newton's scientific legacy! The ultimate reminder that even geniuses chase rainbows sometimes.

The epic journey through quantum field theory in four panels! First, the innocent student asks about quantization, only to learn they've already conquered that mountain. Then comes the classic "but what about SECOND quantization?" followed by a desperate plea for Fock spaces! Just like hobbits and their meals, physics students are never satisfied with just ONE layer of mathematical abstraction! The progression from regular quantum mechanics to the mind-bending realm of quantum field theory is basically the academic equivalent of going from breakfast directly to elevenses. Your brain cells will be screaming for mercy before you even reach lunch!

The professor hands over what looks like a simple assignment, but then BAM—it's the continuity equation for charge conservation: ∇·J = -∂ρ/∂t. That face in the middle panels says it all! This equation basically states that electric charge can't be created or destroyed (only moved around), but trying to solve problems with it feels like trying to explain quantum mechanics to your cat. The student's progression from confidence to existential crisis is the physics equivalent of ordering "just a light salad" and receiving a 17-course molecular gastronomy experiment. Every electrodynamics student has had this exact moment when Maxwell's equations stop being theoretical and start getting personal.

This is what happens when particles decide to throw the wildest party in the quantum realm! 🎉 What you're looking at is a Feynman diagram on steroids - showing particle interactions so complex that even the particles themselves are confused about where they're supposed to go! With electrons, fermions, and W bosons bouncing around like they've had too much quantum coffee, this diagram represents the physics equivalent of trying to follow the plot in a Christopher Nolan movie. The joke is that this absurdly complicated QCD (Quantum Chromodynamics) decay would be so rare - with probability on the order of e^26 (that's 1 followed by 26 zeros in the denominator!) - that you'd have better luck finding a cat that actually wants to be petted when you call it.