Write about a Nobel Prize winner?

jcmc2112 · 10-13-2009, 12:37 AM

I have been given the task to write an article about Murray Gell-Mann's lecture at my school in two days for my school's paper and was wondering what I should focus my article on to capture the average college student's attention about a Nobel Prize winner in Physics?

I don't go to a "science lover" school like MIT where the word "physics" would arouse students, so I want to make it such that the students will actually read it instead of just looking at the picture on the paper.

Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated!

Northstarmom · 10-13-2009, 09:57 AM

Tell how his discoveries have made a difference in their lives. I never took a physics course and aren't in general interested in that subject, so would need to know this kind of "so what" in order to read an article about him.

hellojan · 10-14-2009, 10:09 AM

When there's a disconnect between the subject and the audience, try to reconcile it with easy, everyday examples.

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