Physicists in Disguise
This October, we are celebrating fall and preparing for Halloween by stocking up on candy, carving jack-o-lanterns, and selecting our costumes. If you are in need of some costume inspiration, you’re in luck – this month, we’re sharing a few of our favorite images of physicists in disguise, dressed up as animals, popular fictional characters, and even other physicists! We hope you enjoy this glimpse into the more playful side of these scientists and are inspired to get creative with your own Halloween costume this year.
Val (seated, on the left) and Lia (standing, second from the right) pose with three unidentified friends, all wearing costumes, February 1973.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Telegdi Collection, gift of Judith Goodstein
Betsy Ancker-Johnson with two masked performers in Tübingen at Swabian-Alemannic Fasnacht, a traditional German festival, in 1953, the year she received her PhD in Physics from the University of Tübingen.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Kohn Photo Collection
Douglas Allan as Captain Hook in a local ballet production of “Peter Pan”, date unknown.
Photo by Cynthia Klingensmith, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Gift of Douglas Allan
Maria Goeppert Mayer dressed in a bat costume, date unknown.
Photohaus, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Born Collection
