In my previous post, I mentioned that I was working on a talk about the history of Nevis. I presented that talk yesterday.
I’d been worried about how the talk would be received. I focused more on the history of the Nevis estate and on the construction of the Nevis synchrocyclotron than the research we’ve done in the past 35 years. Anyone who came to the talk expecting to hear their work or name mentioned would be disappointed.
My stomach was doing flip-flops in the two hours just before the talk.
I needn’t have worried. Everyone loved the talk. They were more interested in learning something new than having their egos stroked. I made the talk non-technical, so the family and friends of the physicists at the holiday party had no problems following it.
The mojo lives!