um físico teórico explica por que gosta do que faz

I'm a theoretical physicist (...) what I've come to realize is that the best part of what I do is collaborating with remarkably creative people. Understanding the tiny tweaks and unexpected transitions in the universe's evolution requires prodigious amounts of rigor, originality and personality. It reminds me of the ingredients for a good jazz ensemble. (...) Long threads of conversation can be based on a poorly understood assumption, just to see where the idea will lead us. We improvise and strike out in different directions, following whichever note sounds most promising. (...) We hear both bravura solo performances and wrong notes. But ultimately, there comes a singular moment when the right chord of an elegant solution reveals itself (...).

Nick Halmagyi, in Seed magazine