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An interview with Brian Greene
You can finally learn about the story from Brian's childhood that has made him a vegan, among many other things. ;-) Whole Life Times Incidentall…
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Discover's online chat with Lisa Randall: tomorrow
The title should say "today" but let's not break the links. Incidentally, Lisa Randall's book was just released in Germany - see am…
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The science of hubris
Let me describe a person for you and you may try to guess whether the person likes me or not :-). He's a migrants rights activist originally from…
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New Scientist about Edward Witten
Matthew Chalmers wrote a pretty good article about Edward Witten for Nude Socialist : Inside the tangled world of string theory (click) It tells you…
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Charlie Rose show: Lisa Randall
Imagine that you have to solve the following IQ test . Fill in the missing name: ??? Henry Kissinger Madeleine Albright No, the answer is not George …
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Lawrence Krauss: Hiding in the mirror
I found this book to be particularly weak among the recent books about theoretical physics in general and extra dimensions in particular. The main pr…
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Joe Polchinski adds fuel
Joe Polchinski , one of the key physicists behind the second superstring revolution and the main father of D-branes, agreed to review two recent noto…
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Ignorance of Paul Boutin
In this text, I want to demonstrate that Paul Boutin has no idea what he is talking about in his text at Slate - he is writing about theoretical phy…
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Brian Greene vs Lawrence Krauss
If you're in DC today (Wednesday), you may try to see a debate of Prof Brian Greene himself with Prof Lawrence Krauss: Wed 3/28 7 pm in National…
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Seed magazine
Because the reborn Seed magazine has also sent me a copy of their October issue, because they mention this blog alongside with other blogs, it may b…
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media and critics
Charlie Rose show: Lisa Randall
Imagine that you have to solve the following IQ test . Fill in the missing name: ??? Henry Kissinger Madeleine Albright No, the answer is not George …
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News on string theory in the media
How faithful picture of string theory do the media offer? Let's look at this sample from the last 48 hours or so. ;-) " EinsteinFest " …
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Lenny's book is out
Amazon.com will start to sell Lenny Susskind's book on Monday but you may be able to find it in your favorite bookstore right now. I've seen…
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SciAm prints Sean Carroll's fragmented pottery
At the beginning of the 21st century, fragmented pots are immensenly popular with the media. The old-fashioned discrimination of wrong ideas by the c…
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Brian Greene vs Lawrence Krauss
If you're in DC today (Wednesday), you may try to see a debate of Prof Brian Greene himself with Prof Lawrence Krauss: Wed 3/28 7 pm in National…
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String theory gets real?
The Science magazine has a new article http://www.sciencemag.org/ ... called "String theory gets real - sort of" . The link above will onl…
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Charlie Rose show: Lisa Randall
Imagine that you have to solve the following IQ test . Fill in the missing name: ??? Henry Kissinger Madeleine Albright No, the answer is not George …
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Seed magazine
Because the reborn Seed magazine has also sent me a copy of their October issue, because they mention this blog alongside with other blogs, it may b…
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When Krauss and Susskind are right
Lenny Susskind, a co-founder of string theory and one of the most original thinkers of the several past decades, has written a book that has made man…
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