Kelly at ORNL, with the tandem in the background Kelly (with
Geiger counter) being interviewed by an Albuquerque news agency
during one of the open days at the Trinity Site Kelly Picking
apples from Newton's Apple Tree in the courtyard of the Physics
building in York, UK What if only a few people could understand
you? What if your phrases were littered with words like
subatomic, gravitational assist, or H-theorem? It would probably
be difficult to get your point across, let alone order a
cheeseburger. Nuclear physicist Kelly Chipps (AKA Nuclear Kelly)
understands just how difficult it is for some people to
understand physicists, and with her diverse background she is
striving to make physics accessible to everyone. Being capable
of communicating “is important in order to convey the
information across the barrier,” says Chipps. Chipps, whose
father was a chemical engineer and mother was an elementary
school teacher, is a talented writer and nuclear physicist
breaking barriers and stereotypes of what it means t