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A Cat That Has Published 3 Physics Papers -Felis Domesticus Chester Willard

March 16, 2026
A Cat That Has Published 3 Physics Papers -Felis Domesticus Chester Willard

The most knowledgeable cat by citations.

This cat has published 3 physics papers including one on ‘Solid helium 3: a nuclear antiferromagnetic element’

Explained by user @paularambles on Twitter/XThere’s actually a fun backstory to this: the owner of this cat, a physicist, had written a paper using “we,” but the journal wouldn’t allow plural pronouns for a single author, so rather than retyping the whole manuscript (on a typewriter), he just added his cat as a co-author

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