5 Of Physics's Greatest Sex Sandals

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 17:30 in Mathematics & Economics

He's Just A Love Machine Wikimedia CommonsPhysicists need love, too. Just ask Paul Frampton, the physics professor who was sentenced recently after an alleged scam involving drugs and a bikini model. We know it can be hard to resist the temptation of bikini models on the Internet, but physicist Paul Frampton was duped pretty bad. The University of North Carolina professor flew to Bolivia to meet up with model Denise Milani, but Milani never showed up. Instead, a man with a briefcase claiming to be Milani's intermediary sent Frampton on a drug smuggling mission. Frampton was arrested before he made it back the United States and convicted last week. We're all fools in love, huh? Frampton isn't the only physicist to get caught up in a love scandal. Though most of them haven't ended up in an Argentine prison, some did have awkward run-ins with the media. Check out these...

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