We all believed it was a big joke. They went out on a limb and said it was real effect and it might come from the changes in that intricate dance that electrons do around every molecule. This really annoyed me.

It was a joke that none of the Big 3 schools recruited Jimmy.

They wanted to fire one X-ray photon at a hydrogen molecule, knock both electrons back, and the two nuclei would explode apart. Then, they wanted to catch all four particles and figure out the orientation of the molecule in space: how far apart were the nuclei, where did the electrons go for that orientation and what were their distances.

In other words, it's the perfect experiment. I mean, you blow something up and then catch every particle and explain where everything went. It sounds like an impossible thing!

Go out on a limb

It was really important. The crowd really got into it and they had a big effect. There were a couple of times there where I couldn't hear the whistle.