Category Archives: Uncategorized

David E. Kaplan interview

Posted on October 23, 2022 by woit

There’s a long interview with David E. Kaplan (not the same person as David B. Kaplan…) by David Zierler at the AIP Oral Histories site. The whole thing is quite interesting and I recommend reading it, but I do want … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 37 Comments

Will Machines Have Good Mathematical Taste?

Posted on October 14, 2022 by woit

A question that has always fascinated me about mathematics is that of how the field manages to stay healthy and not degenerate in the way I’ve seen theoretical physics do as it lost new input from experiment. On Twitter, Ash … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 23 Comments

Something about England

Posted on September 27, 2022 by woit

Heading to Oxford today, this evening I’ll give a talk there on Unified Theories of Physics. On Saturday I’ll try to find some way to get to the HTLGI Festival in London despite a national rail strike, where I’ll give … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 29 Comments

Some News, Then More of the Same

Posted on September 11, 2022 by woit

Some News: I’ll be in England later in the month, in Oxford much of the week of the 26th-30th. That week is the week of the 2022 Clay Research Conference and Workshops. The evening of Tuesday the 27th I’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in Multiverse Mania, Uncategorized | 48 Comments

Various and Sundry

Posted on August 18, 2022 by woit

A random collection of things that may be of interest: September 17 and 18 I’ll be at the How the Light Gets In Festival in London, participating in discussions of the relation of math and physics, and theories of everything. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Glashow Interview

Posted on August 2, 2022 by woit

David Zierler, the oral historian at the American Institute of Physics, has done many in-depth interviews with theoretical physicists in recent years. Today I came across a 2020 interview with Shelly Glashow, which was very interesting in general, and also … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 28 Comments

ICM 2022

Posted on July 3, 2022 by woit

The 2022 ICM is starting soon, in a virtual version organized after the cancellation of the original version supposed to be hosted in St. Petersburg (for how that happened, see here). The IMU General Assembly is now going on, moved … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 18 Comments

In a Parallel Universe, Another You

Posted on June 21, 2022 by woit

From today’s New York Times, Michio Kaku explains: In physics, the concept of a multiverse is a key element of a leading area of study based on the theory of everything. It’s called string theory, which is the focus of … Continue reading →

Posted in Multiverse Mania, Uncategorized | 28 Comments

All Langlands All the Time

Posted on June 12, 2022 by woit

I’m about to head to Paris on vacation, quite possibly there will be less blogging for the next couple of weeks. Here are a few Langlands-related items: The big Langlands-related event of the summer will be the July IHES Summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Langlands, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Physicists Discover Never-Before Seen Particle Sitting On a Tabletop

Posted on June 9, 2022 by woit

I woke up this morning to find out that a new Higgs particle which could explain dark matter has been discovered, in a table-top experiment at Boston College. For some of the news stories about this, see here and here. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 19 Comments