Ten they pick a point where they make the normal matter drops hug each other, and they look at what kind of other drops come out of their hot kisses.


Tis way, student-people have already found a new type of drop that no one had seen before, but that Doctor Higgs had a long time ago said should be there.


Dr. Higgs was very happy about this.


One thing I learnt from my foray into experimental literature with “Te Edge of the Sky”: Limiting our lexicon to such a drastic extent forces us to rethink concepts and ideas we thought we were familiar with. Te result was for me a refreshingly new perspective on my subject—and one that I hope my readers will enjoy.


Writing with only those simple 1,000 words was harder than I thought. I’d like to invite you to take the 1,000 words chal- lenge and try to explain your own work by visiting my website, http://robertotrotta. com/1000-words/. I’d be delighted to hear from you.


DR. ROBERTO TROTTA is a theoretical cosmologist at Imperial College London, where he studies dark matter, dark energy and the Big Bang, and a Science and Technology Facilities Council Public Engagement Fellow. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his research and outreach, including the Lord Kelvin Award of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Michelson Prize of Case Western Reserve University. “Te Edge of the Sky” was published in September 2014 by Basic Books. Publisher’s Weekly said, “…in Trotta’s hands, this beautifully written book, with its limited vocabulary, soars.”


‘THE EDGE OF THE SKY’ Trotta’s book is an adventure in describing the universe and astrophysics using only the most com- mon 1,000 words in English. He ended up using only 707 of them.


How did he do? Go to the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/usaasc and let us know how you think Dr. Trotta did with his explanation. You, too, can take the challenge. Send your explanation of a complex technical or scientific concept, system or job , using only the 1,000 most commonly used words in the English language, to ArmyAlt@gmail.com. Each issue of Army AL&T will feature a new explanation.


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