--- title: "My friend Mark Wise" url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-friend-mark-wise-boqlftp3e source_url: https://quantumfrontiers.com/2026/07/18/my-friend-mark-wise type: article source: "Quantum Frontiers" published: 2026-07-18T15:17:20.417Z updated: 2026-07-18T18:21:13.005Z tags: ["physics"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My friend Mark Wise **[Quantum Frontiers](https://daily.dev/sources/quantumfrontiers)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A memorial tribute to Mark Wise, the John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics at Caltech, who passed away at age 72. Delivered by longtime colleague and friend John Preskill, the remarks celebrate Mark's remarkable journey from an indifferent student rejected by every PhD program he applied to, to one of the most influential theoretical particle physicists of his generation. The tribute highlights his dedication to hands-on calculation, his beloved teaching style — complete with coins tossed to students, socks hurled at blackboards, and 'Wisecracks' — and his warmth as a colleague, mentor, and friend. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Wise guy](https://daily.dev/posts/wise-guy-o6wcnflek) · Quantum Frontiers · 20 upvotes · 0 comments - [Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92](https://daily.dev/posts/professor-emeritus-rainer-weiss-influential-physicist-who-forged-new-paths-to-understanding-the-uni-tzzazw07s) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [MIT Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-professor-susumu-tonegawa-renowned-molecular-biologist-and-nobel-laureate-dies-at-86-fvy69v4op) · MIT News · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#physics](https://daily.dev/tags/physics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-friend-mark-wise-boqlftp3e)