This year I turned 50, and I faced a couple of medical scares. While ultimately everything turned out to be fine, for a few months this Spring and Summer I had to undergo several medical tests to esclude I had a tumor either in my testicles or my … [Continua a leggere] infoMovember!
Nell'articolo precedente raccontavo dell'arresto prematuro della presa dati di LHC di quest'anno. Alla fine del pezzo menzionavo come questa cosa potrebbe essere problematica per chi, come studenti di dottorato o post-doc che abbiamo appena iniziato … [Continua a leggere] infoSull'errore della media, ovvero del perché raddoppiare i dati non basta per dimezzare le incertezze
Non è impossibile che vi siate persi la notizia, perché in effetti la cosa è passata piuttosto sotto traccia sui media tradizionali, ma a fine luglio LHC ha avuto un incidente. Il 17 luglio scorso, durante uno dei violenti temporali che questa estate … [Continua a leggere] infoIl ramo, la falla, una riparazione e le sue conseguenze
Irene got this idea of having two custom hats made especially for me (and my 50th birthday) by lovely Laura Catignani in downtown Geneva. I went to try them on this morning: I’m very satisfied of the results! Back to my teenager roots, with a luxury … [Continua a leggere] info[The Summer I Turned 50] 4: my first custom hats!
All trips have an end, and ours came with a final stop in Lima before we headed back to Europe. Lima is a huge city, and we ended up only seeing a tiny fraction of it: we were a bit drained by all previous stops, and, while it seemed like a good idea … [Continua a leggere] info[The Summer I Turned 50] 3.9: looking for adventures in Perù with long-time friends. Part 8: Lima and farewell
We arrived in Puerto Maldonado early in the morning after spending a full night on the bus from Cusco, which surprisingly was more comfortable than any flight I've ever taken. Although the sun had just risen, the temperature was already high, along … [Continua a leggere] info[The Summer I Turned 50] 3.8: looking for adventures in Perù with long-time friends. Part 8: Amazon
After the Inca Trail we went back to Cusco, and from there we left for another series of visits in the Valle Sagrado, the Inca’s sacred valley. We first met the woman of the Chinchero cooperative working the alpaca wool, then we moved to the … [Continua a leggere] info[The Summer I Turned 50] 3.7: looking for adventures in Perù with long-time friends. Part 7: Valle Sagrado
Since I landed in Lima I have been reading “Turn right at Machu Picchu” by Mark Adams, a quite funny account of Machu Picchu “discovery” by Hiram Bingham in 1911, and of the (often hilarious) adventures the author lived when he set out to retrace … [Continua a leggere] info[The Summer I Turned 50] 3.6: looking for adventures in Perù with long-time friends. Part 6: hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
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