as requested by the wonderful @starferns
the chalkboard at the front of the lecture hall, covered in equations and graphs
visualizing a problem in your mind, step by step
cold water with ice cubes and a slice of lemon
diagrams drawn hastily on the corner of your paper, scribbled lines and half formed thoughts
replicating famous experiments and demonstrations
watching youtube videos late at night, picking apart complex theories
having an instinct for force diagrams and direction of motion
rushed, messy handwriting
finding beauty in motion and calculation and precision
seeing the universe as unimaginably small and unimaginably large at the same time
a well-worn grey sweater, frayed a little at the sleeves
equations scribbled on your arm until you know them by heart
studying newton and meitner and plank, all those who went before
talking with your hands, forming the shapes of arcs and trajectories as you work through a problem
long hallways and cold, sunny days
staring up at the sky, knowing exactly why and how the planets move as they do
trying einstein’s thought experiments
an old grandfather clock, pendulum measuring the passage of time
pages filled with calculations and precise strings of digits
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