The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

October 4, 2012

October 4, 2011

Dr. Adam Weiss, (born in 1969) astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins, and Nobel Laureate (announced October 4, 2011) , is also -- a very funny guy. Interviewed on NPR's news quiz, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, October 9, 2011, there was this exchange involving the man who co-discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe. After explaining that we had no idea what composed most of the universe, he said, but we gave it names, like dark matter, dark energy. Poundstone riposted, why give the unknown elements names, do they come when you call? And Adam Weiss said, "Why do you name your cat.?"
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