More physics license plates

More physics license plates

I did not respond in time for the license plate issue, but I do have a good one from an old photo taken while on leave at Caltech in the '70s. The car (right) belonged to Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Laureate in Physics. I don't know if he still has it.
Gene Sprouse, American Physical Society

I liked the plates shown in the current issue, but I think my Virginia plate is more original—FYZYKZ!
Greg Hood, Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, VA

I liked your cover showing physics-related license plates. The Maryland plates that I have had for several decades say QUARK. They have initiated many interesting conversations about science, literature, and cheese.
Bruce Barnett, Johns Hopkins University

I got this plate when I moved to Brookhaven National Laboratory to work in the theory division. I chose a plate with the gauge group SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1), the mathematical structure that underlies the theory of particle physics. A passerby once asked me if I was a lawyer; he had interpreted the plate as “Sue three, sue two, you won.”
Scott Willenbrock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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