The Big Bang Theory 1x09 The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization

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First Aired: Mar. 17, 2008 on CBS

Summary: Sheldon and Leonard are asked to present their work at a physics conference together, but a fight ensues when Sheldon refuses to share the honor. When Penny steps in to mediate, things only get worse.

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Raj Koothrappali	played by Kunal Nayyar
Chinese Leonard	played by Talbott Lin
Chinese Sheldon	played by Howard Chan

Episode Quotes

Leonard Hofstadter: What is this letter doing in the trash?
Sheldon Cooper: Well, it may be that a trashcan spontaneously formed around the letter, but Occam's Razor suggests that someone threw it away.

Penny: [as Sheldon and Leonard fight] Is this usually how these physics things go?
Howard Wolowitz: More often than you'd think.

Leonard Hofstadter: You can not blow up my head with your mind.
Sheldon Cooper: Then I'll settle for an aneurysm.

Trivia

The display prop in front of the Rose Room of the Pasadena Marriott for Leonard's topical conference on Bose-Einstein condensates has an error: "Paradoxical Movement-of-Inertia Changes Due to Putative Super-Solids" should read "Paradoxical Moment-of-Inertia Changes Due to Putative Super-Solids." Leonard's PowerPoint presentation slides and dialogue, on the other hand, are correct.
Sheldon feels Leonard's chance of winning a Nobel Prize is non-existent, as he also said in the pilot episode.
Howard mentions that one of the trucks being controlled was being controlled by someone in Austin, Texas. Jim Parsons is originally from there.
Embarrassing YouTube videos would factor into several more episodes: Sheldon's drunken acceptance speech in Season 3's The Pants Alternative, and Raj's way-too-revealing toast at Howard's stag party in Season 5's The Stag Convergence.
Leonard received his doctorate at 24 years old, while Sheldon earned his doctorate at 16 years old.

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